Definition of support

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Support (v. t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause..

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Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Favor :: Favor (n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending..
Orphanotrophism :: Orphanotrophism (n.) The care and support of orphans.
Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length..
Present :: Present (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Floor :: Floor (n.) The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself..
Starlit :: Starling (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
Rest :: Rest (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal..
Desk :: Desk (n.) A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession..
Chain :: Chain (n.) A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc..
Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron..
Cirrigerous :: Cirrigerous (a.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages..
Unhang :: Unhang (v. t.) To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate..
Seconder :: Seconder (n.) One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion..
Testify :: Testify (v. t.) To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
Reliance :: Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority..
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