Category:Uphold

Up*hold", v. t.

1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. The mournful train with groans, and hands 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 upholds the day. Shak.

3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold A person in wrongdoing.