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self-suˈpport
[self- 1 a.]
The act of supporting oneself (itself) without external assistance; the fact of being self-supporting. So self-suˈpported ppl. a. (hence self-suˈpportedness); self-suˈpporter (see quot.); self-suˈpporting ppl. a., supporting oneself (itself) without external aid, (of a physical object) not requiring the usual support, (of an enterprise) paying its way; self-suˈpportless a.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) I. 197 The children, not long after they are born, appear possessed of a greater share of *self-support. 1856Grote Hist. Greece ii. xcvii. XII. 611 Hellenic power and interests become incapable of self-support, and sink into a..subservient position. 1896Daily News 19 Dec. 8/2 To encourage self-support as far as possible, but not to plant a missionary down in a place, give him no salary [etc.].
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 679 They appear to need no foundation, being *self-supported by an inherent certainty. 1784Cowper Task iii. 657 Few self-supported flow'rs endure the wind Uninjur'd.
1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 256 [tr. Sanskrit] Nor may *self-supportedness here be charged.
1897Westm. Gaz. 24 June 10/1 ‘*Self-supporters’— that is, men out on ticket-of-leave in the settlement. These men are allowed to marry.
1829Lond. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. II. 341 (heading) Atherstone *self-supporting dispensary. 1836Buckland Geol. & Min. xv. §4 (1837) I. 340 The recent application of thin plates of corrugated iron to the purpose of making self-supporting roofs. 1845J. S. Mill in Edin. Rev. LXXXI. 521 It is an indispensable condition that there be a reasonable prospect of their being at some future time self-supporting. 1868Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 320 This establishment..is self-supporting, the sale of fish more than paying the expenses. 1893G. B. Shaw Widowers' Houses ii. 52 Trench: We must do the best we can with seven hundred. I think we ought to be self-supporting. 1895Army & Navy Soc. Price List 15 Sept. 683 Self-supporting portfolio. 1936N. Streatfeild Ballet Shoes iii. 46 You will at least have taken a step towards trying to make them self-supporting. 1972Guardian 1 Sept. 1/1 Britain took a giant stride towards becoming self-supporting in oil yesterday.
a1834Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 186 The *self-supportless leaning for all pleasure on another's breast. |