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The Meaning of uphold
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(v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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(v. t.) To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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(v. t.) To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.
Synonyms
touch
,
stay on
,
retain
,
conserve
,
act up
,
pertain
,
come to
,
remain
,
continue
,
concern
,
impact
,
persist in
,
go forward
,
refer
,
extend
,
deal
,
keep
,
proceed
,
keep up
,
go along
,
affect
,
go on
,
save
,
relate
,
touch on
,
preserve
,
push
,
bear on
,
stay
,
conduct
,
bear upon
,
keep on
,
cover
,
have-to doe with
,
maintain
,
carry on
,
asseverate
,
observe
,
wield
,
hold
,
sustain
,
defend
,
assert
,
exert
,
abet
,
advocate
,
countenance
,
incite
,
sanction
,
aid
,
embolden
,
instigate
,
support
,
assist
,
encourage
,
promote
Antonyms
baffle
,
deter
,
dissuade
,
hinder
,
confound
,
disapprove
,
denounce
,
discourage
,
expose
,
impede
,
counteract
,
disconcert
,
frustrate
,
obstruct
Rhymes
ahold
,
behold
,
berthold
,
billfold
,
blindfold
,
bold
,
bowled
,
cajoled
,
centerfold
,
chokehold
,
cold
,
consoled
,
controlled
,
decontrolled
,
dold
,
doled
,
eightfold
,
enfold
,
enrolled
,
fivefold
,
fold
,
foothold
,
fourfold
,
freehold
,
gold
,
golde
,
griswold
,
handhold
,
hold
,
holde
,
household
,
leasehold
,
leopold
,
lippold
,
machold
,
mangold
,
manifold
,
marigold
,
mold
,
mould
,
ninefold
,
nold
,
nolde
,
old
,
olde
,
outsold
,
oversold
,
paroled
,
patrolled
,
penfold
,
poled
,
polled
,
remold
,
resold
,
rheingold
,
ringgold
,
roald
,
rolled
,
scold
,
sevenfold
,
sixfold
,
sold
,
stranglehold
,
strolled
,
stronghold
,
tenfold
,
threefold
,
threshold
,
told
,
tolled
,
twofold
,
uncontrolled
,
undersold
,
unfold
,
unsold
,
untold
,
vold
,
withhold
,
wold