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verb (upholds, upholding, upheld, upheld)
- To support.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18.
- : there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas
Translations: - Dutch: ondersteunen, staande houden
- Italian: difendere (a right), sostenere (a principle), (law) confermare <ref name=oxf-par>Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). w:Special:Booksources/8839551107, ISBN 8839551107. Online version http://www.oxfordparavia.it/ here</ref>
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Etymology: up + hold
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