uphold

UPHOLD, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive upheld. [Upholden is obsolete.]1. To lift on high; to elevate.2. To support; to sustain; to keep from falling or slipping.Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Proverbs 29:23.3. To keep from declension.4. To support in any state.5. To continue; to maintain.6. To keep from being lost.Faulconbridge, in spite of spite, along upholds the day.7. To continue without failing.8. To continue in being