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imp. & p. p. of Uphold.

the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. H. Spencer.

Supported; upheld.

The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. God befriend us, as our cause is just. Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. Burke. Efficient cause, the agent or force that produ…

To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver .] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17.

hat distance to the crown is due. Dryden. 'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld. Atterbury.

st ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. He who reigns Monarch in heaven, ... upheld by old repute. Milton.

blic estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.

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