v.
     - bear all or part of the weight of.
 - give assistance, encouragement, or approval to. 
▸be actively interested in (a particular sports team).
 ▸
[as adj. supporting]
 (of an actor or a role) of secondary importance to the leading roles in a play or film.
 ▸(of a pop or rock group or performer) function as a secondary act to (another) at a concert.
 - provide with a home and the necessities of life. 
▸be capable of sustaining.
 - corroborate.
 - endure; tolerate.
 
n.
  - a person or thing that supports. 
▸the action of supporting or the state of being supported.
 ▸corroborative evidence.
 - assistance, encouragement, or approval.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - supportability n.
  - supportable adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. supporter, from L. supportare, from sub- ‘from below’ + portare ‘carry’.