UPHOLD

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld. Besought his pity. Dryden.

2.
v.

To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxix 3. Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak.

3.
v.

To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.

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