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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sup-pōrt'a-ble, a. p. 1330Capable of being supported, borne, or sustained; endurable; tolerable. 2. Capable of being maintained; as, the cause or opinion is supportable.Sup-pōrt'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1330The state of being supportable.Sup-pōrt'a-bly, adv. p. 1330In a supportable manner.Sup-pōrt'ance, n. p. 1330Maintenance; support. [Obs.]Sup'por-tā'tion, n. p. 1330Maintenance; support. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭp-pōrt'er, n. p. 1330One who, or that which, supports, maintains, aids, comforts, defends, and the like. The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. Bacon. The saints have a companion and supporter in all their…Sup-pōrt'ful, a. p. 1330Abounding with support. [Obs.]Sup-pōrt'less, a. p. 1330Having no support. Milton.Sup-pōrt'ment, n. p. 1330Support. [Obs.] Wotton.Sup-pōrt'ress, n. p. 1330A female supporter. [Obs.] You are my gracious patroness and supportress. Massinger.Sup-pōs'a-ble, a. p. 1330Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.Sup-pōs'al, n. p. 1330Position without proof; the imagining of something to exist; supposition. [Rare.] Interest with a Jew never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. South.Sup-pōse', v. t. p. 1330To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit…Sup-pōse', v. i. p. 1330To make supposition; to think; to believe or imagine.Sup-pōṣĕ′, n. p. 1330Supposition; position without proof; hypothesis. [Obs.] Fit to be trusted on a bare suppose That she is honest. Dryden.Sup-pōs'er, n. p. 1330One who supposes.Sŭp'-po-sĭ'tion, n. p. 1330The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or admitting as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved. 2. That which is supposed; hypothesis. This is only an…Sŭp'po-sĭ'tion-al, a. p. 1330Hypothetical. South.Sup-pōs'i-tī'tioŭs, a. p. 1330Put by trick in the place or character belonging to another; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.Sup·pŏs′i-tī′tious-ly, adv. p. 1331In a supposititious manner; spuriously.Sup-pŏs′ĭ-tĭ′tious-ness, n. p. 1331The state of being supposititious.Sup-pŏs′i-tive, a. p. 1331Including or implying supposition; supposed.Sup-pŏs'i-tive, n. p. 1331A word denoting or implying supposition, as if, granting, provided, and the like. Harris.Sup-pŏs'i-tive-ly, adv. p. 1331With, by, or upon supposition. Hammond.Sup-pŏs′i-to-ry, n. p. 1331(Med.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum.Sup-pōs′ure, n. p. 1331Supposition. [Obs.] Hudibras.Sup-press′, v. t. p. 1331To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell; to destroy. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, makes the subject weaker, and the government stronger. Davies. 2. To keep in; to restrain…Sup-prĕss′i-ble, a. p. 1331That may be suppressed or concealed.Sup-prĕs′sion, n. p. 1331The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like. 2. The stoppage or…Sup-prĕss'ive, a. p. 1331Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.Sup-prĕss'or, n. p. 1331One who suppresses; one who subdues; one who prevents utterance, disclosure, or communication.Sŭp′pu-rāte, v. i. p. 1331To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.Sūp′pu-rāte, v. t. p. 1331To cause to generate pus, as a sore. [Rare.] Arbuthnot.Sŭp'pu-rā'tion, n. p. 1331The process of suppurating, or producing purulent matter, or of forming pus, as in a wound or abscess. 2. The matter produced by suppuration.Sŭp′pu-ra-tīve, a. p. 1331Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.Sūp′pu-ra-tīve, n. p. 1331(Med.) A medicine that promotes suppuration.Sūp′pu-tāte, v. t. p. 1331To reckon; to suppute. [Obs.]Sŭp′pu-tā′tion, n. p. 1331Reckoning; account; computation. [Rare.]Sup-pūte′, v. t. p. 1331To reckon; to compute. [Obs.]Sū′pra p. 1331A prefix, being the Latin preposition supra, signifying above, over, or beyond;—another form of super.Sū′pra-ăx′il-la-ry, a. p. 1331(Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See SUPRAFOLIACEOUS.Sū′pra-cĭl′i-a-ry, a. p. 1331Situated above the eyebrow. Ure.Sū′pra-cōs′tal, a. p. 1331(Anat.) Being above or upon the ribs.Sū′pra-cre-tā′ceoŭs, a. p. 1331(Geol.) Lying above the chalk; supercretaceous.Sū′pra-de-cŏm′pound, a. p. 1331(Bot.) More than decompound; thrice compound. Martyn.Sū′pra-e-sŏph′a-gal, a. p. 1331(Anat.) Above the esophagus.Sū'pra-fō'li-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1331(Bot.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, or petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.Sū'pra-lap-sā'ri-an, a. p. 1331Of, or pertaining to, the Supralapsarians, or to their opinions.Sū'pra-lap-sā'ri-an, n. p. 1331(Eccl. Hist.) One of that class of Calvinists, who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption…Sū'pra-lap-sā'ri-an-ism, n. p. 1331The doctrine of the Supralapsarians.Sū'pra-lāp'sa-ry, a. p. 1331(Theol.) Supralapsarian.Sū'pra-lāp'sa-ry, n. p. 1331(Theol.) A Supralapsarian.Sū'pra-lū'nar, a. p. 1331Very lofty; of very great height or elevation; literally, beyond the moon.Sū'pra-mūn'dāne, a. p. 1331Being, or situated, above the world or above our system.Sū'pra-nät'ū-ral-izm, n. p. 1331The same as SUPERNATURALISM, q. v.Sū'pra-nāt'ū-ral-ist, n. p. 1331The same as SUPERNATURALIST, q. v.Sū'pra-ôr'b'it-al, a. p. 1331Sū'pra-ōr'b'it-ar p. 1331Being above the orbit of the eye.Sū'pra-prō'test, n. p. 1331(Mercantile Law.) An acceptance of a bill by a third person, after protest for non-acceptance by the drawee. Burrill.Sū'pra-rē'nal, a. p. 1331(Anat.) Situated above the kidneys.