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Webster 1913 Edition
Uphold
Up-hold′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
The mournful train with groans, and hands
Besought his pity.
upheld
.Besought his pity.
Dryden.
2.
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
In spite of spite, alone
upholds
the day. Shakespeare
3.
To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance;
as, to
. uphold
a person in wrongdoingWebster 1828 Edition
Uphold
UPHOLD
,Verb.
T.
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. Prov. 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.Definition 2024
uphold
uphold
English
Verb
uphold (third-person singular simple present upholds, present participle upholding, simple past upheld, past participle upheld or (archaic) upholden)
- To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
- To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
- 1769, The King James Bible, Proverbs 29:23:
- A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act V, Scene iv:
- That misbegotten devil, Falconbridge, /In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.
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- To support by approval or encouragement.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18:
- but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18:
Derived terms
- upholdatory (rare, obsolete, nonce word)
Translations
to support by approval or encouragement
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References
- uphold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Notes:
- ↑ Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here