- (v.t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- (v.t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
- (v.t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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