单词 | supportment |
释义 | supportmentn. The action or fact of supporting a person or thing (in various senses of support v.); support. Also: an instance of this, a support (now rare).Common in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] holtc1375 fastnessa1382 maintenance1384 supportc1391 suppowell1399 supportationc1405 subministrationa1425 conforturec1475 stay1532 back-stand1548 supportance1576 backing1598 voice1600 supportment1607 supporture1609 seconding1613 manutenency?1630 1607 C. Lever Queene Elizabeths Teares sig. F3v He hath our weakenesse his supportment giuen. 1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. sig. Aj To trve Nobilitie and tryde Learning, beholden To no Mountaine for Eminence, nor Supportment for his Height, Francis, Lord Verulam. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature Ep. Ded. It could not walke without such pillers of supportment. 1638 H. Wotton Let. 31 Dec. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 479 That not taking effect by the supportment of Spain, he fell to other Roman Arts. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 59 Prelaty both in her fleshly supportments, in her carnall doctrine of ceremonie and tradition. 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) xii. 118 He being debarred of outward assistance and supportments, is separated from that, which makes disfigured Monsters look handsomly. 1658 J. Owen Of Temptation vii. 151 It [sc. the Gospel] gives supportment, relief, refreshment,..in every condition. 1670 in J. Brown J. Bunyan (1885) ix. 223 It is nothing Else but the Authority of God in their Consciences which imposes a necessity upon them to practise those things in their Christian Profession for which they are made obnoxious to so great Sufferings, and gives them a supportment under them. 1742 A. Gib Warning against countenancing Ministrations George Whitefield Pref. p. vii In the mean Time, I expect the Sympathy of your Prayers, for Supportment, Preservation, and Conduct, as to the Dangers and Duties of my present Situation. 1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) IV. 257 Two steep Hills..joined by two dry Arches, and a Wall of Supportment. 1827 J. Grahame Hist. United States N. Amer. (1836) I. ii. ii. 241 Those exercises for the promotion of the great common cause which seemed to minister such comfort and supportment to the spirits of the men. 1860 Ladies' Repository June 369/1 This is a stable foundation of comfort and supportment in every condition. 1903 H. L. Carson Let. 9 Sept. in Ann. Rep. Secretary of Internal Affairs Pennsylvania (1904) 192 You cannot be called on to certify the act of the Secretary or to issue the letters patent of the State in supportment of an appointment not your own. 1915 N. Sanders in C. M. Kuhn Contesting New South Order (2001) iii. 74 When I married my husband he had six children and then we had so many children we had to put all of them that could work in the mill to make supportments for the others. 1976 Code of Federal Regulations: 29: Labor (Office of Federal Register, U.S.) I. 479/2 Upon receipt of a completed notification of intent, including the qualification supportment documentation, the Secretary shall determine whether or not the applicant is eligible to be designated as a prime sponsor. 2007 B. Jokisch Islamic Imperial Law iii. vi. 443 It is the official supportment of Monotheletism that made the latent crisis open. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607 |
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