† suˈpporture Obs.
[f. support v. + -ure.]
= supportation.
| 1609 Heywood 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. 1661 K. 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. |