supportance en · NOUN
Etymology
From support + -ance.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) support
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]: