(?), n. [F.] 1.
The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
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2.
That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
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3.
That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; renforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
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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.
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Syn. -- Stay; prop; maintenance; subsistence; assistance; favor; countenance; encouragement; patronage; aid; help; succor; nutriment; sustenance; food.
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