Definition of uphold

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

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Poling :: Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc..
Abet :: Abet (v. t.) To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense..
Support :: Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining..
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..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An undertaker, or provider for funerals..
Upholder :: Upholder (n.) An upholsterer.
Underprop :: Underprop (v. t.) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.
Sect :: Sect (n.) Those following a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice; especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party..
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..
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..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing..
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..
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..
Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
Scaffold :: Scaffold (v. t.) To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
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..
Ultramontanist :: Ultramontanist (n.) One who upholds ultramontanism.
Monogamist :: Monogamist (n.) One who practices or upholds monogamy.
Support :: Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind..
Feudalist :: Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.
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