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

Staff :: Staff (n.) A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds..

Prelatize :: Prelatize (v. i.) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.

Monogamous :: Monogamous (a.) Upholding, or practicing, monogamy..

Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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..

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..

Fortifier :: Fortifier (n.) One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds..

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

Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An upholsterer.

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

Scaffold :: Scaffold (v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..

Monogamist :: Monogamist (n.) One who practices or upholds monogamy.

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

Support :: Support (v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches..

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..

Regian :: Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight..

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..

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