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† suˈpportance Obs.
[f. support v. + -ance.]
1. Assistance, backing; = support n. 1, 1 c.
c1490Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 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. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 668/2 He is like to make a fowle stirre there, though of himselfe of noe power, yet through supportaunce of some others. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 329 He will fight with you for's oath sake:..therefore draw for the supportance of his vowe, he protests he will not hurt you. 1608Heywood Lucrece Wks. 1874 V. 204 We are of our selfe Without supportance, we all fate defie, Aidlesse. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 11 Those two Townes and States, next unto God, have stood by supportance of the Crowne of England. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §44. 264 Christ..returned to prayer againe and againe, and found sufficient supportance. 1638G. Sandys Paraphr. Div. Poems, Ps. cix, That they may know..how I by Divine Supportance stand.
transf.1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 63 [Thou] that earst while wert honoured in euery mans eye through the supportance of thy beautie.
2. Maintenance, sustenance; = support n. 3.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 67 She was constrained (for her liues supportance)..to kill him and roast him. 1595Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1860) 280 To the releaffe and supportance of such as she shall fynd to be vertuusly disposed. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 108 For the supportance of his owne estate. 1631Heywood London's Jus Hon. Wks. 1874 IV. 274 By these types and symboles of Honour..all other inferiour Magistracies..receive both being and supportance. 1644Jessop Angel of Ephesus 31 As if the Church did give supportance and stabilitie to the truth. 1659Lady Alimony ii. vi, Th' Court..for supportance, Allots us Alimony. 1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry III. 19 Orphan of father betimes, on her I was thrown for supportance.
3. The action of supporting, propping, or holding up; = support n. 4.
1593Shakes. Rich. II, iii. iv. 32 Giue some supportance to the bending twigges. 1604Tooker Fabrique Ch. vi. 116 Chap. 6. Of supportance and keeping the fabrique of the church vpright. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §48. 273 This..supportance of Moses hands in regard of his bodily weaknesse. 1664Power Exp. 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. 1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 351 To estimate our well being by the weight of our burdens and place, like caryatids, our perfection in our supportance.
†b. fig. Applied to the relation of a subject to an attribute: cf. support n. 7 b, v. 8 c. Obs.
1656Jeanes Mixt. Schol. Div. 83 The supportance of the flesh in, and union with the person of the word.
4. That which supports (in various senses).
1597Middleton Wisd. Solomon ix. 4 My crowne doth want supportance for to beare. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 427 A twofold supportance that it had on either side to uphold..the lofty top. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely i. i. 17 As Peter of the Churche, so these words of Peter, a semblable supportance. 1631Massinger Believe as You List ii. ii, The tribute Rome receives from Asia, is Her chief supportance. 1638Ford Fancies i. iii, Name and honour: What are they? a mere sound without supportance. 1830W. Taylor Hist. Surv. Germ. Poetry I. 313 So Boreas,..The blooming hop, and its supportance, flings. |