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nd need. Superstitious use (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ly, adv. -- Su`per*sti"tious*ness, n.

es from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reënforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery. Points of support (Arch.), the horizontal area of the solids of a b…

Maintenance; support. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bacon.

The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell.

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

taining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.

the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.

tted underhand. Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott.

The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. "Horse artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep." Scribner's Mag.