UPHOLD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive 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 [Upholden is obsolete.] 1.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 29:23. 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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