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Definition of Supported

1. Adjective. Sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support). "Well-supported allegations"

2. Adjective. Held up or having the weight borne especially from below. "Supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends"

Definition of Supported

1. Adjective. Held in position, especially from below. ¹

2. Adjective. Furnished with corroborating evidence. ¹

3. Adjective. Helped or aided. ¹

4. Adjective. Having supporters. ¹

5. Verb. (past of support) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supported

1. support [v] - See also: support

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supported

support dog support force support group support groups support hose support level support payment support stocking support system supportability

supportable supportableness supportably supportance supportation supported supportedly supporter supporters supportful

supporting supporting(a) supporting fire supporting players supporting structure supporting tower supportive supportively supportiveness supportless

Literary usage of Supported

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Of Johnston's Army of the Shenandoah, Jackson s brigade supported Bon- ham, and Bee and Bartow supported Cocke. ..."

2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"The banker had a special antipathy to Lamartine (for having supported Ledru-Rollin) and, at the same time, to Pierre Leroux, Proudhon, Considérant, ..."

3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Merit is not enough unless supported by grace, which is the sole thing that gives general acceptance, and the most practical means of rule over others. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Development may be direct or through the larval form called pluteus, which is provided in its later stages with long processes supported by movable ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Of Johnston's Army of the Shenandoah, Jackson s brigade supported Bon- ham, and Bee and Bartow supported Cocke. ..."

6. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"The banker had a special antipathy to Lamartine (for having supported Ledru-Rollin) and, at the same time, to Pierre Leroux, Proudhon, Considérant, ..."

7. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"Merit is not enough unless supported by grace, which is the sole thing that gives general acceptance, and the most practical means of rule over others. ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Development may be direct or through the larval form called pluteus, which is provided in its later stages with long processes supported by movable ..."

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