supportationn.

Brit.

/ˌsʌpɔːˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌsəpɔrˈteɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English subportacion, Middle English supportacioun, Middle English supportacone, Middle English supportatioun, Middle English–1500s soportacion, Middle English–1500s supportacion, Middle English–1500s supportacyon, Middle English–1500s supportacyone, Middle English– supportation; Scottish pre-1700 suportacion, pre-1700 supportacione, pre-1700 supportacioun, pre-1700 supportasion, pre-1700 supportation, pre-1700 supportatione, pre-1700 supportatioun, pre-1700 supportatioune.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French supportation; Latin supportation-, supportatio.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman supportacion maintenance, upkeep, support (1387–8), Middle French supportation help, financial backing (1453), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin supportation-, supportatio support, help, defence (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), action of supporting or holding up, financial support, bearing of charges (from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), upkeep, maintenance (from 15th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin supportāt- , past participial stem of supportāre support v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare support n.

I. An action or result of supporting.

a. Assistance, backing; = support n. 1a. 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

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Ellesmere) (1872) §2332 They wol yeue yow Audience and lookynge to supportacioun in thy presence, and scorne thee in thyn Absence.

1426 in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 408/2 That no Lorde..receyve..Pilours, Robbours..or eny other open misdoer, so that the parties greved..shal not..pursue ayenst hem lawefully, bycause of suche supportation of Lordeship.

a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) l. 1024 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 395 Al enuyous supplantacioun Hadde in his siht no supportacioun.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 9182 Deff, and also specheles, And off no reputacioun, Ne wer thy supportacioun.

1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §52. m. 36 The seid Morgan..hath greate supportacioun and is myghty in the seid shire.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Pv Theyr theft..and theyr extorcyon And of myslyuers theyr supportacyon.

1553 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 213 I utterly denye to Smyth any supportacion at my handes in any of his misdemenors against my Lorde.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 453 Purposing by the supportation of his father, to make himselfe lord and soueraigne..of all Lativm.

a1610 J. Healey in tr. Theophrastus Characters To Rdr., in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) Be it spoken with the supportation of better iudgements.

1650 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata §660 Let the atturnie..not fail his client (as being one that..relies upon his supportation).

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxlvi. 9 Paraphr.) 704 Shut out from all sorts of humane supportation.

1788 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. II. 273 The king..also there complains of having neither supportation, nor countenance from any.

1960 M. Abba L. Pirandello's Tonight we Improvise i. 8 Her Husband. Are you crazy? Fire indeed! Sit down and be quiet! A Young Spectator Nearby. (With a melancholy smile of supportation.) Don't you say it even as a joke.

†b. Used in formulae of supplication or submission, esp. under (also with) supportation of. Cf. support n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [phrase] > by permission of > indicating supplication or submission

under (also with) supportation ofc1425

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 2908 My lord..with supportacioun Of ȝour grace..Lat non offence ben vn-to ȝour lust.

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 145 I, the endygter in Englysch, haue folowyd the sentens off ther wordys, vndyr the supportacionys off my masterys in this syens.

a1500 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 615 Vndir favour and supportacioun, Thus I begyn on my translacioun.

a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe) l. 16866 And certys, lady, with Supportacion off your grace [etc.].

?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Aij By your pacyens and supportacyon A lytyll interlude..here shall be declaryd.

?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 85 Vnder yo^r correccion my lord & supportacion of this noble audyence, ther is no thyng more ontrewe.

†c. Spiritual help; encouragement; = support n. 1c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

supportationa1500

support?a1513

crutch1581

nutriment1597

sustentationa1617

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 412 (MED) God..will not suffre yow to be temptid more þan ye may bere, but he will yeue yow such supportacion..þat ye may bere hem.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. ix. sig. E.vi We be glad to haue consolacyon & supportacyon in al our life and labours.

1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 67 The supportation of vs, wherein God, when wee are weake,..reuiueth vs.

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 157 The strongest faith sometimes staggereth, and needeth new acts of heauenly supportation.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 142 God shall raise thee with that supportation, Feare not thou worme of Iacob.

1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 263 I am with you, by way of Protection, Direction, Supportation, and Salvation.

a. The relief or maintenance of a person, institution, office, etc., by funds or supplies; the keeping up of a building, etc.; the provision of necessary resources. Cf. support n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > of maintenance or upkeep

maintaininga1387

maintenance1389

supportation1421

pension1431

maintain1483

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

1421 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 159/2 The whiche vitaille hath be so high supportacion to the Soudeours.

?1446 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lviii For to..grawnt to your sayd besecher sum supportacyon to relevyng of tho sayd pouer College.

1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Ciij^v The supportation and mayntenaunce of common scoles.

1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 14 §2 All annuall Rents..employed..for the..supportacion..of anny Stipendary Preist.

1625 G. Markham Inrichm. Weald of Kent Ep. Ded. sig. A ij^v Your supportation of the poore.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 17 For the necessary sustentation, maintenance and supportation of the lord and his household.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 54 b The law doth fauour the supportation & maintenance of houses of habitation for mankind.

1640 I. Walton Life & Death Donne in J. Donne LXXX Serm. B v A most dutifull son to his Mother, carefull to provide for her supportation.

1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 281 The establishment and supportation of the meanest Oratory dependent on the Church of England.

1704 J. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne's Angliæ Notitia (ed. 21) ii. xv. 195 Supportation, Aid, or Help of young Tradesmen.

1740 G. Jacob Gen. Laws of Estates 47 That which is manually occupied, manured, and possessed for the necessary sustentation, Maintenance and Supportation of the Lord and his Household.

1906 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 842 It is in this village by the loch just a little as it was throughout Scotland in 1476, when an Act of Parliament ran in preamble, ‘Because victuals are right scant within the country and the most supportation that the Realm has is by strangers of diverse nations that bring victuals, &c., &c.’ The supportation of strangers does not work here so directly as amid the fancy landscapes of the Trossachs and on the main touring-routes; but it works.

†b. Alleviation or relief of a disease, need, etc. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > alleviation

supportation1527

lenition?1541

palliation1543

restriction1599

palliative1656

blandiment1684

supportive care1895

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aj To conforte and supportacyon of theyr infyrmytees.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xxviii. Comm. Supportation of the peoples infirmitie.

†3. Bearing or defraying of a charge or expense; = support n. 2. Also: bearing or defraying the cost of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges

supportation1437

support1449

sustentation1449

defrayment1547

defraying1587

defray?1615

defrayal1820

1437 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §29. m. 4 In relef, confortation and supportation of the grete and importable charges.

1462 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 129 (MED) Into the relevinge and supportacion of the greate charges, expenses, and costes..evariche of them woll graunt unto us..some certayne some of money.

1535 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1535/24 Ane gratitude is grantit to the kingis grace be the thre estatis..for supportatioune of sik necessar erandis as his grace hes ado.

1542 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 195 To the supportatioun of bying of certane small thingis to hir proper vse.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxix^v The supportacion of parte of the great and excessiue charges, whiche wee supporte and beare.

c1598 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. (1831) XIII. 369 The benefited subject should render some small portion of his gain..for the supportation of the king's expense.

1643 Ordinance of Parl. Apr. 1 Preamb. That the estates of such notorious Delinquents, as have been the causes or Instruments of the publick calamities..should be converted and applyed towards the supportation of the great charges of the Commonwealth.

1749 Hist. Windsor viii. 103 Equal portions, towards their sustentation and maintenance, and the supportation of the burthen of the Chapel.

†4. Patient suffering, endurance. Cf. support v. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [noun]

thildc950

tholemodec1000

tholemodenessc1000

tholeburdnessa1050

patience?c1225

sustenancea1425

sustentationa1425

supportationa1438

bearing1496

patientnessa1500

supporture1609

bearance1611

uncomplainingness1877

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe i. 166 Þan sche thankyd hym for..hys charite þat he schewyd in supportacyon of hir crying & hir wepyng..at hys sermown.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xxiii. sig. C.iv The supportacyon of euery trybulation for the loue of our lorde.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. I3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) With what supportation & vnaccustomed griefe I haue reteined them.

1680 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire 85 A submission to Pirates, and supportation of all their injuries and robberies.

1751 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 134 Her patient Supportation of many Infirmities.

1875 H. J. Coleridge Preaching of Beatitudes 254 These fruits he [sc. St Bernadine] calls ‘supportation’, or bearing with one another.]

†5. The preservation of a person or thing in being; maintenance of survival, continuance. Cf. support n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance

sustenance1389

relevation?1418

sustentation1477

supportation?a1500

sustentmenta1500

upbearing1501

entertainment1568

maintaining1644

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1672 in Poems (1981) 66 All creature he maid for the behufe Off man, and to his supportatioun.

1513 Life Henry V (1911) 23 In the defence and supportacion of our Catholique faith.

1536 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 14 The supportacion and mayntenaunce of..the frenche kinges warres against Themperour.

1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe 45 It is no newe thynge that Christes doctryne hath supportacyon amonge the counsels of thys worlde.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 478 b What bolsteryng and supportation of lyes was there?

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 465/2 In supportation of yongue Henries quarrell.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 37 The first armes which the people tooke were for supportation of their freedome.

1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 108 in Syntagma Theologicum There is a power derived from the man to the woman..towards the supportation of life and well-being.

1691 I. Mather Brief Acct. Several Agents in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 288 Powers necessary for the Supportation of their Government.

1725 L. M. Justice Vindicated 72 It is allow'd in Deeds and Acts of Parliament, for the Supportation of Justice, to transpose Words and Sentences.

†6. Physical or material holding or propping up; = support n. 4. Also in figurative context. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun]

sustaining1395

sustenancea1398

sustentation?a1425

stinea1475

supportation1496

support1594

supporture1609

fulciment1640

undersustentation1650

1496 Rote or Myrour Consolacyon & Conforte (de Worde) sig. Fij These strokes they myght not abyde except they had supportacyon of the hande of almyghty god.

a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 383^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Supportatio(u)n Vtheris wan salflie the ȝonder land be supportacioun of marrowis quhilk beȝond the flude beheld the batell.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xviii. 484 Why an earthly body may not bee in heauen as well as..the whole earth may hang alone without any supportation.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 454 As for supportation and strength it needed no assistance from the other parts.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. vi. 16 That Tree, by whose supportation they came to that high growth.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. viii. §96 If he go on foot, he must not be supported, or lean on any person by the way…if his going thither appear to be done with a special view to give validity to the deed, a more slender proof of supportation will be received as evidence of it.

7. Chemistry. The process or technique of affixing a catalyst to an appropriate supporting material.

ΚΠ

1964 Ricerca Scientifica A. 7 156/2 The supportation of some samples of catalyst was carried out by impregnating 10 g of powder silica-alumina Houdry S-90 with 6.1 g of an aqueous solution of ammonium salt.

1994 E. Albizzati et al. in K. Soga & M. Terano Catalyst Design for Tailor-made Polyolefins xiii. 147 We have focused our research activity towards the supportation of metallocenes, aiming at using this catalyst in gas-phase processes.

2007 Kirk–Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 5) XXVI. 515 Upon supportation of TiCl₄ on MgCl₂, not only the fraction of active Ti atoms..but also their propagation constant increases.

†II. A source or means of support.

8. A source or means of support for a person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood

lifeOE

foodOE

livelihoodc1300

livingc1330

ploughc1390

purchasec1475

daily bread1526

being1570

governing1572

shift1572

supportation1576

thrift1579

livelihead1590

thrive1592

breadwinnera1614

subsistence1644

gain1655

bread and butter1691

through-bearing1705

bread1719

bread ticket1801

daily1817

lifehood1823

rice bowl1853

crust1916

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6967 (MED) Mi fader whilom, be many sundri signe, Was my socour, my supportacioun..Our worldli gladnesse, our consolacioun.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBiii Whiche two that is grace & the sacrament..be all our sustenaunce & supportacion.

1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 325 Myne owne industrie..is my only and alone supportation, the staffe and stay of my children.

9. A thing that holds up or supports a body; = support n. 7a. Also in figurative contexts. 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

1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 118 Fearing the weaknes of my feeble buildings..I seeke manie staies and craue manie supportations for the maintenance of my honest mind.

1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxiv The elme yeelds a beneficiall supportation to that weake..plant.

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

单词	supportation
释义	supportationn. Brit. /ˌsʌpɔːˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsəpɔrˈteɪʃən/ Forms: Middle English subportacion, Middle English supportacioun, Middle English supportacone, Middle English supportatioun, Middle English–1500s soportacion, Middle English–1500s supportacion, Middle English–1500s supportacyon, Middle English–1500s supportacyone, Middle English– supportation; Scottish pre-1700 suportacion, pre-1700 supportacione, pre-1700 supportacioun, pre-1700 supportasion, pre-1700 supportation, pre-1700 supportatione, pre-1700 supportatioun, pre-1700 supportatioune. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French supportation; Latin supportation-, supportatio. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman supportacion maintenance, upkeep, support (1387–8), Middle French supportation help, financial backing (1453), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin supportation-, supportatio support, help, defence (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), action of supporting or holding up, financial support, bearing of charges (from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources), upkeep, maintenance (from 15th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin supportāt- , past participial stem of supportāre support v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare support n. I. An action or result of supporting. 1. a. Assistance, backing; = support n. 1a. 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 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Ellesmere) (1872) §2332 They wol yeue yow Audience and lookynge to supportacioun in thy presence, and scorne thee in thyn Absence. 1426 in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) V. 408/2 That no Lorde..receyve..Pilours, Robbours..or eny other open misdoer, so that the parties greved..shal not..pursue ayenst hem lawefully, bycause of suche supportation of Lordeship. a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) l. 1024 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 395 Al enuyous supplantacioun Hadde in his siht no supportacioun. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 9182 Deff, and also specheles, And off no reputacioun, Ne wer thy supportacioun. 1485–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1485 1st Roll §52. m. 36 The seid Morgan..hath greate supportacioun and is myghty in the seid shire. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Pv Theyr theft..and theyr extorcyon And of myslyuers theyr supportacyon. 1553 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 213 I utterly denye to Smyth any supportacion at my handes in any of his misdemenors against my Lorde. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 453 Purposing by the supportation of his father, to make himselfe lord and soueraigne..of all Lativm. a1610 J. Healey in tr. Theophrastus Characters To Rdr., in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1616) Be it spoken with the supportation of better iudgements. 1650 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata §660 Let the atturnie..not fail his client (as being one that..relies upon his supportation). 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxlvi. 9 Paraphr.) 704 Shut out from all sorts of humane supportation. 1788 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. II. 273 The king..also there complains of having neither supportation, nor countenance from any. 1960 M. Abba L. Pirandello's Tonight we Improvise i. 8 Her Husband. Are you crazy? Fire indeed! Sit down and be quiet! A Young Spectator Nearby. (With a melancholy smile of supportation.) Don't you say it even as a joke. †b. Used in formulae of supplication or submission, esp. under (also with) supportation of. Cf. support n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [phrase] > by permission of > indicating supplication or submission under (also with) supportation ofc1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 2908 My lord..with supportacioun Of ȝour grace..Lat non offence ben vn-to ȝour lust. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 145 I, the endygter in Englysch, haue folowyd the sentens off ther wordys, vndyr the supportacionys off my masterys in this syens. a1500 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 615 Vndir favour and supportacioun, Thus I begyn on my translacioun. a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Stowe) l. 16866 And certys, lady, with Supportacion off your grace [etc.]. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Aij By your pacyens and supportacyon A lytyll interlude..here shall be declaryd. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 85 Vnder yo^r correccion my lord & supportacion of this noble audyence, ther is no thyng more ontrewe. †c. Spiritual help; encouragement; = support n. 1c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > mental or spiritual supportationa1500 support?a1513 crutch1581 nutriment1597 sustentationa1617 a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 412 (MED) God..will not suffre yow to be temptid more þan ye may bere, but he will yeue yow such supportacion..þat ye may bere hem. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) ii. ix. sig. E.vi We be glad to haue consolacyon & supportacyon in al our life and labours. 1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 67 The supportation of vs, wherein God, when wee are weake,..reuiueth vs. 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xviii. 157 The strongest faith sometimes staggereth, and needeth new acts of heauenly supportation. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 142 God shall raise thee with that supportation, Feare not thou worme of Iacob. 1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 263 I am with you, by way of Protection, Direction, Supportation, and Salvation. 2. a. The relief or maintenance of a person, institution, office, etc., by funds or supplies; the keeping up of a building, etc.; the provision of necessary resources. Cf. support n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges > of maintenance or upkeep maintaininga1387 maintenance1389 supportation1421 pension1431 maintain1483 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 1421 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 159/2 The whiche vitaille hath be so high supportacion to the Soudeours. ?1446 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lviii For to..grawnt to your sayd besecher sum supportacyon to relevyng of tho sayd pouer College. 1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Ciij^v The supportation and mayntenaunce of common scoles. 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 14 §2 All annuall Rents..employed..for the..supportacion..of anny Stipendary Preist. 1625 G. Markham Inrichm. Weald of Kent Ep. Ded. sig. A ij^v Your supportation of the poore. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 17 For the necessary sustentation, maintenance and supportation of the lord and his household. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 54 b The law doth fauour the supportation & maintenance of houses of habitation for mankind. 1640 I. Walton Life & Death Donne in J. Donne LXXX Serm. B v A most dutifull son to his Mother, carefull to provide for her supportation. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 281 The establishment and supportation of the meanest Oratory dependent on the Church of England. 1704 J. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne's Angliæ Notitia (ed. 21) ii. xv. 195 Supportation, Aid, or Help of young Tradesmen. 1740 G. Jacob Gen. Laws of Estates 47 That which is manually occupied, manured, and possessed for the necessary sustentation, Maintenance and Supportation of the Lord and his Household. 1906 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 842 It is in this village by the loch just a little as it was throughout Scotland in 1476, when an Act of Parliament ran in preamble, ‘Because victuals are right scant within the country and the most supportation that the Realm has is by strangers of diverse nations that bring victuals, &c., &c.’ The supportation of strangers does not work here so directly as amid the fancy landscapes of the Trossachs and on the main touring-routes; but it works. †b. Alleviation or relief of a disease, need, etc. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [noun] > alleviation supportation1527 lenition?1541 palliation1543 restriction1599 palliative1656 blandiment1684 supportive care1895 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon sig. Aj To conforte and supportacyon of theyr infyrmytees. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. xxviii. Comm. Supportation of the peoples infirmitie. †3. Bearing or defraying of a charge or expense; = support n. 2. Also: bearing or defraying the cost of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges supportation1437 support1449 sustentation1449 defrayment1547 defraying1587 defray?1615 defrayal1820 1437 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1437 §29. m. 4 In relef, confortation and supportation of the grete and importable charges. 1462 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 129 (MED) Into the relevinge and supportacion of the greate charges, expenses, and costes..evariche of them woll graunt unto us..some certayne some of money. 1535 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1535/24 Ane gratitude is grantit to the kingis grace be the thre estatis..for supportatioune of sik necessar erandis as his grace hes ado. 1542 in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1842) II. 195 To the supportatioun of bying of certane small thingis to hir proper vse. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxix^v The supportacion of parte of the great and excessiue charges, whiche wee supporte and beare. c1598 F. Bacon Office of Alienations in Wks. (1831) XIII. 369 The benefited subject should render some small portion of his gain..for the supportation of the king's expense. 1643 Ordinance of Parl. Apr. 1 Preamb. That the estates of such notorious Delinquents, as have been the causes or Instruments of the publick calamities..should be converted and applyed towards the supportation of the great charges of the Commonwealth. 1749 Hist. Windsor viii. 103 Equal portions, towards their sustentation and maintenance, and the supportation of the burthen of the Chapel. †4. Patient suffering, endurance. Cf. support v. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [noun] thildc950 tholemodec1000 tholemodenessc1000 tholeburdnessa1050 patience?c1225 sustenancea1425 sustentationa1425 supportationa1438 bearing1496 patientnessa1500 supporture1609 bearance1611 uncomplainingness1877 a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe i. 166 Þan sche thankyd hym for..hys charite þat he schewyd in supportacyon of hir crying & hir wepyng..at hys sermown. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xxiii. sig. C.iv The supportacyon of euery trybulation for the loue of our lorde. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. I3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) With what supportation & vnaccustomed griefe I haue reteined them. 1680 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire 85 A submission to Pirates, and supportation of all their injuries and robberies. 1751 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1914) 14 134 Her patient Supportation of many Infirmities. 1875 H. J. Coleridge Preaching of Beatitudes 254 These fruits he [sc. St Bernadine] calls ‘supportation’, or bearing with one another.] †5. The preservation of a person or thing in being; maintenance of survival, continuance. Cf. support n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance sustenance1389 relevation?1418 sustentation1477 supportation?a1500 sustentmenta1500 upbearing1501 entertainment1568 maintaining1644 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1672 in Poems (1981) 66 All creature he maid for the behufe Off man, and to his supportatioun. 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 23 In the defence and supportacion of our Catholique faith. 1536 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 14 The supportacion and mayntenaunce of..the frenche kinges warres against Themperour. 1547 J. Bale Lattre Examinacyon A. Askewe 45 It is no newe thynge that Christes doctryne hath supportacyon amonge the counsels of thys worlde. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 478 b What bolsteryng and supportation of lyes was there? 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 465/2 In supportation of yongue Henries quarrell. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 37 The first armes which the people tooke were for supportation of their freedome. 1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 108 in Syntagma Theologicum There is a power derived from the man to the woman..towards the supportation of life and well-being. 1691 I. Mather Brief Acct. Several Agents in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 288 Powers necessary for the Supportation of their Government. 1725 L. M. Justice Vindicated 72 It is allow'd in Deeds and Acts of Parliament, for the Supportation of Justice, to transpose Words and Sentences. †6. Physical or material holding or propping up; = support n. 4. Also in figurative context. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] sustaining1395 sustenancea1398 sustentation?a1425 stinea1475 supportation1496 support1594 supporture1609 fulciment1640 undersustentation1650 1496 Rote or Myrour Consolacyon & Conforte (de Worde) sig. Fij These strokes they myght not abyde except they had supportacyon of the hande of almyghty god. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (Mar Lodge) f. 383^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Supportatio(u)n Vtheris wan salflie the ȝonder land be supportacioun of marrowis quhilk beȝond the flude beheld the batell. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xviii. 484 Why an earthly body may not bee in heauen as well as..the whole earth may hang alone without any supportation. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 454 As for supportation and strength it needed no assistance from the other parts. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. vi. 16 That Tree, by whose supportation they came to that high growth. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iii. viii. §96 If he go on foot, he must not be supported, or lean on any person by the way…if his going thither appear to be done with a special view to give validity to the deed, a more slender proof of supportation will be received as evidence of it. 7. Chemistry. The process or technique of affixing a catalyst to an appropriate supporting material. ΚΠ 1964 Ricerca Scientifica A. 7 156/2 The supportation of some samples of catalyst was carried out by impregnating 10 g of powder silica-alumina Houdry S-90 with 6.1 g of an aqueous solution of ammonium salt. 1994 E. Albizzati et al. in K. Soga & M. Terano Catalyst Design for Tailor-made Polyolefins xiii. 147 We have focused our research activity towards the supportation of metallocenes, aiming at using this catalyst in gas-phase processes. 2007 Kirk–Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 5) XXVI. 515 Upon supportation of TiCl₄ on MgCl₂, not only the fraction of active Ti atoms..but also their propagation constant increases. †II. A source or means of support. 8. A source or means of support for a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood lifeOE foodOE livelihoodc1300 livingc1330 ploughc1390 purchasec1475 daily bread1526 being1570 governing1572 shift1572 supportation1576 thrift1579 livelihead1590 thrive1592 breadwinnera1614 subsistence1644 gain1655 bread and butter1691 through-bearing1705 bread1719 bread ticket1801 daily1817 lifehood1823 rice bowl1853 crust1916 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6967 (MED) Mi fader whilom, be many sundri signe, Was my socour, my supportacioun..Our worldli gladnesse, our consolacioun. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBiii Whiche two that is grace & the sacrament..be all our sustenaunce & supportacion. 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 325 Myne owne industrie..is my only and alone supportation, the staffe and stay of my children. 9. A thing that holds up or supports a body; = support n. 7a. Also in figurative contexts. 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 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 118 Fearing the weaknes of my feeble buildings..I seeke manie staies and craue manie supportations for the maintenance of my honest mind. 1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxiv The elme yeelds a beneficiall supportation to that weake..plant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1405
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