| 释义 |
† suˈpporture Obs.
[f. support v. + -ure.]
= supportation.
1609Heywood Brit. Troy xiii. lxxxv, Oh! Thou the awe of Kings, Death to thy Foes, supporture to thy Friends. 1613― Braz. Age ii. ii, Oh father Ioue thou laist vpon thy sonne Torments aboue supporture. 1624― Gunaik. i. 30 The globe of the earth hangs in the middle of the aire, without supporture. 1661K. W. Conf. Charac., Good Old Cause (1860) 62 It..professeth a Herod's delight in the John Baptists of our time,..but intendeth nothing less then their supporture. |