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SUPERNATURAL

Synonyms:

miraculous,preternatural, superhuman

The _supernatural_ (_super_, above) is above or superior to the recognized powers of nature; the _preternatural_ (_preter_, beyond) is aside fronized results or operations of natural law, often in the sense of inauspicious; as, a _preternatural_ gloom

_Miraculous_ isto the direct personal intervention of divine power So of the dead, is a direct suspension and even violation of natural laws by the fiat of the Creator, and hence is, in the strictest sense, _supernatural_; others hold that thein the laws of nature, but not within their ordinary operation, and dependent on a distinct act of God, so that the _ht be termed ”extranatural,” rather than _supernatural_ All that is beyond huives evidence of _superhue; the word is sometimes applied to re all that is ordinary

Antonyms:

common, commonplace, everyday, natural, ordinary, usual

SUPPORT

Synonyms:

bear, cherish, keep, maintain, sustain, carry, hold up, keep up, prop, uphold

_Support_ and _sustain_ alike signify to _hold up_ or _keep up_, to prevent fro; but _sustain_ has a special sense of continuous exertion or of great strength continuously exerted, as e speak of _sustained_ endeavor or a _sustained_ note; a flower is _supported_ by the stereat building _sustain_ an enorency and need than to _support_ life; to say one is _sustained_ under affliction is to say more both of the severity of the trial and the co_ than if we say he is _supported_ To _bear_ is theup_ of any object, whether in rest orthat is a tax upon strength or endurance; as, to _bear_ a strain; to _bear_ pain or grief To _maintain_ is to _keep_ in a state or condition, especially in an excellent and desirable condition; as, to _maintain_ health or reputation; to _maintain_ one's position; to _ainst opposition or difficulty To _support_ may be partial, to _nity than _support_; a man _supports_ his family; a state _nifying to add _support_ to so that is insecure Compare ABET; ENDURE; KEEP

Antonyo, thron, betray, cast down, desert, drop, overthroreck

Prepositions:

The roof is supported _by_, _on_, or _upon_ pillars; the family was supported _on_ or _upon_ a pittance, or _by_ charity

SUPPOSE

Synonyine, surmise, think

To _suppose_ is te as true, either with the expectation of finding it so or for the purpose of ascertaining ould follow if it were so To _suppose_ is also to think a thing to be true while aware or conceding that the belief does not rest upon any sure ground, and ain, to _suppose_ is to in _supposes_ the existence of a designer To _conjecture_ is to put together the nearest available materials for a provisional opinion, alith so the facts to be as _conjectured_ To _i, tho its actual existence may be unknown, or even impossible

To _think_, in this application, is to hold as the result of thought what is ade; as, I do not know, but I _think_ this to be the fact: a more conclusive statement than would be made by the use of _conjecture_ or _suppose_