[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

support \support"\, n. f.
   1. the act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or
      sustaining.
      1913 webster

   2. that which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a
      prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
      1913 webster

   3. that which maintains or preserves from being overcome,
      falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like;
      subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as,
      he gave his family a good support, the support of national
      credit; the assaulting column had the support of a
      battery.
      1913 webster

   points of support arch., the horizontal area of the
      solids of a building, walls, piers, and the like, as
      compared with the open or vacant spaces.

   right of support law, an easement or servitude by which
      the owner of a house has a right to rest his timber on the
      walls of his neighbor's house. --kent.
      1913 webster

   syn: stay; prop; maintenance; subsistence; assistance; favor;
        countenance; encouragement; patronage; aid; help;
        succor; nutriment; sustenance; food.
        1913 webster
see also:
points of support right of support 

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