UPHOLD, pret. and pp. upheld. Upholden is obsolete.
1. To lift on high to elevate.
2. To support to sustain to keep from falling or slipping.
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Proverbs 29 .
3. To keep from declension.
4. To support in any state.
5. To continue to maintain.
6. To keep from being lost.
Faulconbridge, in spite of spite, along upholds the day.
7. To continue without failing.
8. To continue in being.
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