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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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 keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.

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

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..

Avowance :: Avowance (n.) Upholding; defense; vindication.

Underprop :: Underprop (v. t.) To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.

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

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..

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

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

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