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Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..

Support :: Support (v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration..

Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..

Upheld :: Upheld () imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

Corruptionist :: Corruptionist (n.) One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption..

Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..

Abet :: Abet (v. t.) To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense..

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..

Presbyterian :: Presbyterian (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed..

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer..

Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..

Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

Feudalist :: Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.

Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election..

Ultramontanist :: Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.

Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals..

Poling :: Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc..

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