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InsupportableInsupportable In`sup*port"a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. InsupportablenessInsupportable In`sup*port"a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. InsupportablyInsupportable In`sup*port"a*ble, a. [L. insupportabilis: cf.
F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support.]
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable;
insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens;
insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. --
In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. SupportableSupportable Sup*port"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. supportable.]
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured;
endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly,
adv. SupportablenessSupportable Sup*port"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. supportable.]
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured;
endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly,
adv. SupportablySupportable Sup*port"a*ble, a. [Cf. F. supportable.]
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured;
endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly,
adv. Supportance
Supportance Sup*port"ance, n.
Support. [Obs.] --Shak.
Supportation
Supportation Sup`por*ta"tion, n.
Maintenance; support. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Bacon.
Supporter
Supporter Sup*port"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a
supporter of life.
The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.
--Bacon.
The saints have a . . . supporter in all their
miseries. --South.
2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and
defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or
candidate.
3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.
4. (Her.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some
animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and
exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon
are similar figures.
5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or
some other part or organ.
Supporter of combustionCombustion Com*bus"tion (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F.
combustion.]
1. The state of burning.
2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter
of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light
and heat.
Combustion results in common cases from the mutual
chemical action and reaction of the combustible and
the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound
is formed. --Ure.
Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the
combination of which with a combustible, as coal,
constitutes combustion.
3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]
There [were] great combustions and divisions among
the heads of the university. --Mede.
But say from whence this new combustion springs.
--Dryden. Supportful
Supportful Sup*port"ful, a.
Abounding with support. [Obs.] --Chapman.
Supportless
Supportless Sup*port"less, a.
Having no support. --Milton.
Supportment
Supportment Sup*port"ment, n.
Support. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
Supportress
Supportress Sup*port"ress, n.
A female supporter. [R.]
You are my gracious patroness and supportress.
--Massinger.
