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uphold

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /??p?hold/

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 support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)
- 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.

Derived terms

upholdatory (rare, obsolete, nonce word)

Translations

References

uphold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Notes:

Anagrams

hold up, hold-up, holdup

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