Embolster

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up rare, transitive

    "The argument is embolstered by emphasizing that the right and mode of termination in the Taiwan case was pursuant to the text of the treaty itself."

Synonyms

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shore up

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"The argument is embolstered by emphasizing that the right and mode of termination in the Taiwan case was pursuant to the text of the treaty itself."

Etymology

From em- + bolster.

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