Definitions
To support, defend, or confirm something as valid.
Word origin
From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).
Used in a sentence
“The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, [...]/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind”
“A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.”
“That misbegotten devil, Falconbridge, /In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Support, as a principle”6 letters
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