supportance

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noun

support

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Meanings

nounsupportance (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablesupport

    Give some supportance to the bending twigs

    1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 3, scene 7]

Origin

From support + -ance.

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APA

supportance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportance

MLA

“supportance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supportance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supportance.

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