supportancen.

Brit.

/səˈpɔːtns/, U.S.

/səˈpɔrtns/

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: support v., -ance suffix; French supportance.

Etymology: Probably partly < support v. + -ance suffix, and partly < Middle French supportance maintenance, sustenance (late 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), suffering, permission, help, indulgence (all late 15th cent.) < supporter support v. + -ance -ance suffix. Compare earlier supportation n., support n., supportal n.

1. Assistance, backing; corroboration; = support n. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun]

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supporture1609

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manutenency?1630

1576 A. Fleming tr. Caecina in Panoplie Epist. 79 You who in your Oratour vse circumspection and cautions for your priuate supportance by Brutus.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G3^v [Thou] that earst while wert honoured in euerie mans eye through the supportance of thy beautie.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 95 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He is like to make a foule stirre there, though of himselfe no power, yet through supportance of some others.

1608 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 204 We are of our selfe Without supportance, we all fate defie, Aidlesse.

c1613 (c1490) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 74 I..desire..that in such things as my..beloved Cosin, Mary Gascougne, hath to doe with you,..that ye will give unto hir ayde and supportance.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 291 He will fight with you for's oath sake:..therefore draw for the supportance of his vowe, he protests he will not hurt you.

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 11 Those two Townes and States, next unto God, have stood by supportance of the Crowne of England.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §44. 264 Christ..returned to prayer againe and againe, and found sufficient supportance.

1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David cix. 90 in Paraphr. Divine Poems That they may know..how I by Divine Supportance stand.

1669 E. Reynolds Annot. Ecclesiastes i. 24 The more vigour and strength we have, the more sensible we should be of that Divine supportance, which continueth it unto us.

1825 ‘M. O'Tara’ Thomas Fitz-Gerald I. xv. 296 What such puissance hath he sent over? a few broken soldiers—a regiment in ruins that only could exist through supportance of others.

1839 G. Stephens Gertrude & Beatrice (ed. 2) iv. i. 70 To find the fabric of my labours lend Supportance but to your colossic greatness!

1872 Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. July 392 How many hearts would have burst if thou hadst not given them vent! how many souls fallen grovelling under their load if thou hadst not called for some supportance!

1920 W. Böhm Let. 7 Feb. in Contemp. Rev. May 710 Undersigned respectfully beg you, sir, to be so good as to take my present petition in consideration, and to state its full content to the Royal English Government with your favourable supportance.

2007 X. Ye et al. in K. Ramamohanarao et al. Adv. in Databases 683 Apriori is a classic data mining algorithm to find association rules in a database with enough confidence and supportance.

2. Maintenance, sustenance; a means of livelihood or subsistence; = support n. 3a, 8. Now chiefly Jamaican.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > specifically of a person, institution, office, etc.

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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 33 She was constrained (for her liues supportance)..to kill him and rost him.

1595 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 280 To the releaffe and supportance of such as she shall fynd to be vertuusly disposed.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 108 For the supportance of his owne estate.

1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium in Wks. (1874) IV. 274 By these types and symboles of Honour..all other inferiour Magistracies..receive both being and supportance.

a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) ii. ii. 23 The tribute Rome receiues from Asia, is her chiefe supportance.

1659 Maze 67 The unthankfull censures of such, who had received their subsistence and supportance from them.

1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 301 And next, as very commodious Interials of the Earth, relating to the necessary supportance of Humane Life, [I shall] examine the Philosophy of this Author.

1780 E. Capell Notes & Var. Readings Shakespeare II. 100 Dowagers that are long-lived wither out estates with a witness, when their jointures are too large, and what remains too little for the heir's' [sic] proper supportance.

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry III. 19 Orphan of father betimes, on her I was thrown for supportance.

1874 Wesleyan Juvenile Offering 8 41/2 Times is bad, me good bockra, an' we can scarcely get supportance fe we childern dem.

1973 in S. B. Philpott West Indian Migration 135 She is 84 and still alive and I send her supportance regular (about £3 a month).

1994 B. Chevannes Rastafari ii. 48 Him take 'way di whole to raise cow, and mi mother don't have no supportance for us.

†3.

a. Supporting, propping, or holding up of a body; = support n. 4a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting

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underbearing1597

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 33 Giue some supportance to the bending twigs.

1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church vi. 116 Chap. 6. Of supportance and keeping the fabrique of the church vpright.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §48. 273 This..supportance of Moses hands in regard of his bodily weaknesse.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The other four legs..by which she [sc. the fly] layes hold on the rugosities..of all bodies she walks over, even to the supportance of her self, though with her back downwards.

1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 269 As drunk (as Flies may be suppos'd) when some of them are, as it were, giddy on the top of a Glass of strong Liquor, or lean to its Sides, for supportance.

1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 351 To estimate our well being by the weight of our burdens and place, like caryatids, our perfection in our supportance.

b. A means of supporting, propping, or holding up a body; = support n. 7a. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports

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table mount1923

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports

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hingea1616

columna1620

spar1630

gable end1788

lifeboat1832

standback1915

1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ix. sig. L3 My crowne doth want supportance for to beare.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 427 A twofold supportance that it had on either side to uphold..the lofty top.

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. i. 17 As Peter of the Churche, so these words of Peter, a semblable supportance.

1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 12 Name and honour. What are they? a meer sound without supportance.

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 313 So Boreas,..The blooming hop, and its supportance, flings.

c. Philosophy. The fact of having the relation of a subject to an attribute. Cf. support n. 7b, support v. 10c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance > relation to attributes

supportance1656

1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 83 The supportance of the flesh in, and union with the person of the word.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supportance
释义	supportancen. Brit. /səˈpɔːtns/, U.S. /səˈpɔrtns/ Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: support v., -ance suffix; French supportance. Etymology: Probably partly < support v. + -ance suffix, and partly < Middle French supportance maintenance, sustenance (late 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman), suffering, permission, help, indulgence (all late 15th cent.) < supporter support v. + -ance -ance suffix. Compare earlier supportation n., support n., supportal n. 1. Assistance, backing; corroboration; = support n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] holtc1375 fastnessa1382 maintenance1384 supportc1391 suppowell1399 supportationc1405 subministrationa1425 conforturec1475 stay1532 back-stand1548 supportance1576 backing1598 voice1600 supportment1607 supporture1609 seconding1613 manutenency?1630 1576 A. Fleming tr. Caecina in Panoplie Epist. 79 You who in your Oratour vse circumspection and cautions for your priuate supportance by Brutus. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G3^v [Thou] that earst while wert honoured in euerie mans eye through the supportance of thy beautie. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 95 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He is like to make a foule stirre there, though of himselfe no power, yet through supportance of some others. 1608 T. Heywood Rape Lucrece in Wks. (1874) V. 204 We are of our selfe Without supportance, we all fate defie, Aidlesse. c1613 (c1490) in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 74 I..desire..that in such things as my..beloved Cosin, Mary Gascougne, hath to doe with you,..that ye will give unto hir ayde and supportance. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 291 He will fight with you for's oath sake:..therefore draw for the supportance of his vowe, he protests he will not hurt you. View more context for this quotation 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 11 Those two Townes and States, next unto God, have stood by supportance of the Crowne of England. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §44. 264 Christ..returned to prayer againe and againe, and found sufficient supportance. 1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalmes David cix. 90 in Paraphr. Divine Poems That they may know..how I by Divine Supportance stand. 1669 E. Reynolds Annot. Ecclesiastes i. 24 The more vigour and strength we have, the more sensible we should be of that Divine supportance, which continueth it unto us. 1825 ‘M. O'Tara’ Thomas Fitz-Gerald I. xv. 296 What such puissance hath he sent over? a few broken soldiers—a regiment in ruins that only could exist through supportance of others. 1839 G. Stephens Gertrude & Beatrice (ed. 2) iv. i. 70 To find the fabric of my labours lend Supportance but to your colossic greatness! 1872 Evangelical Mag. & Missionary Chron. July 392 How many hearts would have burst if thou hadst not given them vent! how many souls fallen grovelling under their load if thou hadst not called for some supportance! 1920 W. Böhm Let. 7 Feb. in Contemp. Rev. May 710 Undersigned respectfully beg you, sir, to be so good as to take my present petition in consideration, and to state its full content to the Royal English Government with your favourable supportance. 2007 X. Ye et al. in K. Ramamohanarao et al. Adv. in Databases 683 Apriori is a classic data mining algorithm to find association rules in a database with enough confidence and supportance. 2. Maintenance, sustenance; a means of livelihood or subsistence; = support n. 3a, 8. Now chiefly Jamaican. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > specifically of a person, institution, office, etc. sustenancec1300 supportation1421 supporting1431 relief1463 support1561 supportance1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 33 She was constrained (for her liues supportance)..to kill him and rost him. 1595 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 280 To the releaffe and supportance of such as she shall fynd to be vertuusly disposed. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 108 For the supportance of his owne estate. 1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium in Wks. (1874) IV. 274 By these types and symboles of Honour..all other inferiour Magistracies..receive both being and supportance. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) ii. ii. 23 The tribute Rome receiues from Asia, is her chiefe supportance. 1659 Maze 67 The unthankfull censures of such, who had received their subsistence and supportance from them. 1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 301 And next, as very commodious Interials of the Earth, relating to the necessary supportance of Humane Life, [I shall] examine the Philosophy of this Author. 1780 E. Capell Notes & Var. Readings Shakespeare II. 100 Dowagers that are long-lived wither out estates with a witness, when their jointures are too large, and what remains too little for the heir's' [sic] proper supportance. 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry III. 19 Orphan of father betimes, on her I was thrown for supportance. 1874 Wesleyan Juvenile Offering 8 41/2 Times is bad, me good bockra, an' we can scarcely get supportance fe we childern dem. 1973 in S. B. Philpott West Indian Migration 135 She is 84 and still alive and I send her supportance regular (about £3 a month). 1994 B. Chevannes Rastafari ii. 48 Him take 'way di whole to raise cow, and mi mother don't have no supportance for us. †3. a. Supporting, propping, or holding up of a body; = support n. 4a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > action or fact of supporting staying1428 shoring1496 supporting1577 supportance1597 underbearing1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 33 Giue some supportance to the bending twigs. View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church vi. 116 Chap. 6. Of supportance and keeping the fabrique of the church vpright. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §48. 273 This..supportance of Moses hands in regard of his bodily weaknesse. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 5 The other four legs..by which she [sc. the fly] layes hold on the rugosities..of all bodies she walks over, even to the supportance of her self, though with her back downwards. 1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes iv. 269 As drunk (as Flies may be suppos'd) when some of them are, as it were, giddy on the top of a Glass of strong Liquor, or lean to its Sides, for supportance. 1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 351 To estimate our well being by the weight of our burdens and place, like caryatids, our perfection in our supportance. b. A means of supporting, propping, or holding up a body; = support n. 7a. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports crutchc900 upholda1066 uptakinga1300 arma1382 postc1387 staff1390 sustainerc1390 undersetterc1400 potent?a1439 buttressa1450 supportalc1450 comfort1455 supporta1456 studa1500 poge1525 underpropper1532 shore1534 staya1542 prop1562 stoopa1572 underprop1579 sustentation1585 rest1590 underpinning1590 supportance1597 sustinent1603 lean1610 reliance1613 hingea1616 columna1620 spar1630 gable end1788 lifeboat1832 standback1915 1597 T. Middleton Wisdome of Solomon Paraphr. ix. sig. L3 My crowne doth want supportance for to beare. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 427 A twofold supportance that it had on either side to uphold..the lofty top. 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. i. i. 17 As Peter of the Churche, so these words of Peter, a semblable supportance. 1638 J. Ford Fancies i. 12 Name and honour. What are they? a meer sound without supportance. 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 313 So Boreas,..The blooming hop, and its supportance, flings. c. Philosophy. The fact of having the relation of a subject to an attribute. Cf. support n. 7b, support v. 10c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > [noun] > matter or substance > relation to attributes supportance1656 1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 83 The supportance of the flesh in, and union with the person of the word. 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