Support

sup-port', v. t. To keep from falling, tain; uphold, prop up, bear the weight of; to endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to keep from fainting or sinking a ume and carry succe fully (the part of an tor); to furnish with the means of sustenance livelihood; to carry on, enable to continue; to verify, make good: to defend succe fully; to uphold aid or countenance; to attend as an honorary a istant. — n. Act or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining; that which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling; that which maintains or preserves from being overcome, failing, yielding, sinking, giving way, etc.; stay; prop; a istance; favor; patronage; aid; help; succor; nutriment; sustenance; food.