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Arrayed and Supported

verb

  • Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
    • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.

adjective

  • In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
    • usage: "professors arrayed in robes"
(imp.&p.p.) of Array.

verb

  • Give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.
    • usage: "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up"
  • Support materially or financially.
    • usage: "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
  • Be behind; approve of.
    • usage: "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
  • Be the physical support of; carry the weight of.
    • usage: "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror"
  • Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
    • usage: "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
  • Adopt as a belief.
    • usage: "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
  • Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm.
    • usage: "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • Argue or speak in defense of.
    • usage: "She supported the motion to strike"
  • Play a subordinate role to (another performer. )
    • usage: "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
  • Be a regular customer or client of.
    • usage: "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
  • Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
    • usage: "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

adjective

  • Sustained or maintained by aid (as distinct from physical support. )
    • usage: "a club entirely supported by membership dues"; "well-supported allegations"
  • Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.
    • usage: "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends"
(imp.&p.p.) of Support.