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Uphold

//ˌʌpˈhəʊld// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

    "The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, [...]/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind"

  2. 2
    stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals wordnet
  3. 3
    To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling

    "A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit."

  4. 4
    support against an opponent wordnet
  5. 5
    To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)

    "but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other."

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  1. 6
    keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last wordnet

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”).

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