Uphold /(?)/

Up·hold

Uphold

v. t.
  1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
    The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld. Besought his pity.
  2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
    Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
    — Prov. xxix 3.
    Faulconbridge, In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.
  3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.