supplier

[Eng. supply, v.; -er.] One who or that which supplies. "Saul might set up for a supplier of the fault of Joshua."-Stack house: Hist. Bible. supportable *sŭp-pōne', v. t . [Latin suppono , from sup (for sub ) = under, and pono = to place.] To suppose (q. v.). sup-pört, v . t. [ Fr.supporter , from Lat. supporto to carry, bring, or convey to a place; in Low Lat. =to endure, to sustain; sup (for sub )=under, and por to =to carry; Sp. suportar , soportar; Port. sup portar , soportar ; Ital. sop port are .] 1. To bear up, to sustain, to prop up; to keep from falling or sinking. " Support him by the-arm." Shakesp.: As You Like It , ii. 7. 2. To uphold by aid, encouragement, or countenance; to keep from fainting, yielding, or giving way. "But waged with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life." Cowper: The Castaway. 3. To back up by being in readine to come to the aid of; as, One regiment supports another. *4. To endure without being overcome; to bear up under; to endure, to sustain. "I a heavy interim shall support By his dear absence." Shakesp.: Othello , i. 3. 5. To be able to furnish funds for, or the means of continuing; to be able to meet; to meet, to incur. "The costs, charges, and expenses which the king's highne nece arily hath been compelled to support and sustain."-Burnet: Records, vol. i., pt. ii., bk. ii. (Note 6. To be able to carry on; to be able to continue; as, to support a war, contest, or argument. sup-ply, * sup-ploy, * sup-ploye, v . t . [Fr. 31 suppléer; from Lat. suppleo =to fill up: sup (for sub) = up, and pleo = to fill; Sp. suplir ; Port. sup prir; Ital. supplire .] *1. To fill up as any deficiencies occur; to recruit. "Out of the fry of these rakehell horse boys are their land. kearn supplied and maintained."- Spenser : State of Ire 2. To furnish with what is wanted; to afford or furnish a sufficiency for; to provide; to make provision. (Often followed by with before that which is supplied.) "So rich, so throng'd, so drain'd, and so supplied As London." Cowper: Task , i. 720. 3. To strengthen by additions; to reinforce. from the western isles "Macdonwald Of kerns and gallowgla es is supplied . " Shakesp.: Macbeth , i. 2. *4. To gratify the desire of; to content. "Did supply thee at thy garden-house." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, v. 5. To give, to grant, to furnish, to provide. "But nearer care (O pardon it!) supplies Sighs to my breast and sorrow to my eyes." Prior: Celia to Damon. 7. To maintain with the nece ary means of living; to provide for; to provide with a livelihood; as, to support a son at college. 8. To keep up by nutriment; to nourish, to sustain; as, to support life. 9. To keep up in reputation; to sustain, to maintain; as, to support a good character. 10. To take the part or character of; to represent on the stage; to act; as, to support a character in a play. 11. To verify, to substantiate, to bear out, to make good, to maintain. "The question is whether the mystery be sup ported by evidence."-Gilpin: Sermons , vol. i., ser. 2. 12. To a ist, to aid, to help, to further, to second; as, to support a party. 13. To maintain; to defend succe fully; to vindicate, to uphold; as, to support one's own cause. 14. To accompany as an honorary a istant; to uphold or aid by attendance on. 15. To second or back up, as a proposal or motion at a public meeting. (1) To support arms: Mil .: To carry the rifle vertically at the left *6. To serve instead of; to fill or take the place of. shoulder, supported by having the hammer-rest on "Where burning ships the banish'd sun supply , And no light shines but that by which men die." Waller: Instructions to a Painter , 121. 7. To fill up; particularly applied to places that have become vacant. "I being absent, and my place supplied." Shakesp.: Othello, iii. 3. sŭp-ply, s. [SUPPLY, v.] the left forearm, which is pa ed acro the breast. (2) To support a rule: Law : To argue in answer to the arguments of the party who has shown cause against a rule nisi . sup-pört', s. [SUPPORT, v .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act, operation, or state of supporting, upholding, sustaining, or keeping from falling or sinking; sustaining effect or power. 2. That which supports, upholds, maintains, er 1. The act of supplying, providing, or furnishing keeps from falling; as-r what is wanted; provision; cure of deficiencies. "Why are useful things good? because they minister to the supply of our wants and desires." -Search: Light of Nature, vol. i., pt. ii., ch. xxvii. 2. That which is supplied; a sufficiency or provision of things needed; a quantity, stock, or store of things on hand. 3. Especially in the plural, the stock of provisions nece ary to supply the wants of an army or other large body of persons; nece aries collected; stores. *4. Additional troops, reinforcements, succor. "The Earl of Salisbury craveth supply." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., i. 1. 5. One who takes the place of another; a substi IMG:content-0606.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0607.png:[blocks in formation] (1) A stand, frame, prop, pillar, base, foundation, or the like, on which anything stands. (2) That which maintains life; sustenance; nece aries of life. (3) Maintenance, subsistence, livelihood. "A thousand pounds a year, annual support Out of his grace he adds." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., ii. 3. (4) One who or that which supports or maintains a person, family, .; as, He is the support of the family; agriculture is their chief support . (5) That which upholds or relieves; aid, help, succor, a istance; specifically, troops in reserve to support and back up those in front. (6) Aid, countenance; a istance by speaking or acting; as, He gave his support to the motion. 3. The maintenance, sustaining, or keeping up of anything, without allowing it to sink, fall, decline, or give way; as, the support of health, the support of spirits, courage, or the like. II. Law : The right of a person to have his buildings or other landed property supported by his neighbor's house or land. Points of support : [POINT, 8., 15.] sup-pört-a-ble, a. [Eng. support , v.; -able .] *1. Capable of being supported, upheld, sustained, or kept up. 2. Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; tolerable, bearable, endurable. "The lo of all That can ennoble man, and make frail life, Short as it is, supportable ." -Cowper : Task , v. 604. 3. Capable of being supported, maintained, or defended; as, An opinion or statement is supportable . sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. supportablene sup-pört-a-ble-ne , s . [English supportable ; ne .] The quality or state of being supportable. "It hath an influence on the supportablene of the burthen."-Hammond: Works , iv. 477. sup-pört-a-bly, adv. [ Eng.supportab ( le ); -ly.] In a supportable manner. *sŭp-pört'-ançe, s. [Eng. support , v.; -ance .] 1. That which supports or upholds; support, prop. "Give some supportance to the bending twigs." Shakesp.: Richard II., iii. 4. 2. That which keeps from falling or sinking; maintenance. "Draw for the supportance of his vow." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , iii. 4. IMG:content-0608.png:[blocks in formation] sup-põş-1-ti-tious-ly, adv. [English supposi titious; -ly.] 1. In a supposititious manner; spuriously; not genuinely. *2. Hypothetically; by supposition. "Supposititiously he derives it from the Lunæ Montes." (Lat. sub )=under, and poser =to place.] A. Transitive . *1. To place or substitute, as one thing by fraud in the place of another. (A Latinism.) "The firm promises and support a tions of a faithful God."- Bishop Hall: Remains , p. 385. sŭp-pört-ěd, pa. par. or a. [SUPPORT, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : Her.: Applied to an ordinary that has another under it, by way of support; as, a chief supported . sŭp-pört-ěr, s . [ Eng.support ; -er.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who supports or maintains; as(1) One who supports, upholds, or keeps from falling or sinking. ( Cowper : Task , i. 479.) (2) One who gives aid, a istance, or countenance; an advocate, a defender. "Regarding the English and French as the principal literary supporters of the present age."-Goldsmith: Polite Learning ; ch. vii. (3) An adherent; one who sides with a party. (4) A sustainer, a comforter. "The saints have a companion and supporter in all their miseries."- South . (5) One who accompanies another on some public occasion as an aid or attendant; one who seconds, supports or strengthens; as, a chairman of a meeting and his supporters . * 2. That which supports or upholds; a prop, a support, a base, a pillar, a foundation, or the like. "They have no seats nor any other supporters on the "Suppose he should relent, Milton: P. L., ii. 237. And publish grace to all." 3. To imagine; to be of opinion; to think or be lieve to be the case; to presume. "Who losing, or supposing lost, The good on earth they valued most." Cowper: Annus Mirabilis. 4. To form in the mind; to figure to one's self; to "More furious raging broils imagine. Than can be imagined or supposed ." Shakesp .: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , iv. 1. 5. To require to exist or be true; to imply; to presuppose; to involve by inference. "This supposeth something, without evident ground." -Hale: Orig. of Mankind . B. In trans.: To make or form suppositions; to imagine, to think. "These are not drunken, as ye suppose ."- Acts ii. 15. *sŭp-põşe', s . [SUPPOSE, v .] Supposition; pos i tion without proof; opinion, belief. "We come short of our suppose so far, That after sev'n years' siege, yet Troy walls stand." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 3. sŭp-põşed', pa . par . & a. [SUPPOSE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Laid down or imagined as existing or true; imagined, believed. supposed-ba , s. Music : Any ba note in an inverted chord, as IMG:content-0609.png:[blocks in formation] generator, as the ba notes E or Gin the inverted common chord of c. sŭp-põş-ěd-ly, adv. [Eng. supposed; -ly.] By supposition; presumedly. "A bit of supposedly good private water."- London Morning Advertiser.