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::b. Phr. (SUPPORTATION). Obs.

::b. Phr. (SUPPORTATION). Obs.

::c. [[Spiritual]] help; also subjectively, mental comfort.

::c. [[Spiritual]] help; also subjectively, mental comfort.

::d. Corroboration or substantiation (of a statement, principle, etc.); advocacy (of a proposal, [[motion]], etc.): chiefly in phr. in support of.

::d. Corroboration or substantiation (of a [[statement]], principle, etc.); advocacy (of a proposal, [[motion]], etc.): chiefly in phr. in support of.

::e. Mil. The action of supporting other troops. in support: acting as a second line. (Cf. 5b.)

::e. Mil. The action of supporting other troops. in support: acting as a second line. (Cf. 5b.)

::f. The provision or availability of services that enable something to fulfil its [[function]] or help to keep it operational.

::f. The provision or availability of [[services]] that enable something to fulfill its [[[[function]]]] or help to keep it operational.

:2. Bearing or defraying of charge or expense.

:2. Bearing or defraying of charge or expense.

:3. a. The action of keeping from failing, exhaustion, or perishing; esp. the supplying of a living [[thing]] with what is necessary for subsistence; the maintenance of life.

:3. a. The action of keeping from failing, exhaustion, or perishing; esp. the supplying of a living [[thing]] with what is [[necessary]] for subsistence; the maintenance of life.

::b. The action of contributing to the success or maintaining the value of something.

::b. The action of contributing to the success or maintaining the [[value]] of something.

:4. a. The action or fact of holding up, keeping from falling, or bearing the weight of something; the condition of being so supported.

:4. a. The action or fact of holding up, keeping from falling, or bearing the weight of something; the condition of being so supported.

::b. Sc. Law. The resting of the whole or part of a building or of a beam on the property of the servient tenement.

::b. Sc. Law. The resting of the whole or part of a building or of a beam on the property of the servient tenement.

:b. Metaph. = SUBSTRATUM 1. (Cf. SUPPORT v. 8c.) Obs. rare.

:b. Metaph. = SUBSTRATUM 1. (Cf. SUPPORT v. 8c.) Obs. rare.

:c. Photogr. The substance (as glass, [[paper]], etc.) which supports the sensitive film on which the image is produced.

:c. Photogr. The substance (as glass, [[paper]], etc.) which supports the sensitive film on which the image is produced.

:d. The solid substance or material on which a [[painting]] is executed.

:d. The solid substance or [[material]] on which a [[painting]] is executed.

:8. Math. The smallest closed set of elements outside which a given [[function]] or mapping is zero.

:8. Math. The smallest closed set of elements outside which a given [[function]] or mapping is zero.

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]