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prop

n.

aid, assistance, strengthener; see post 1.

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Another word for prop

noun

A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:

brace, buttress, crutch, shore, stay², support, underpinning. See support

verb

To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty:

bolster, buoy (up), support, sustain, uphold. See help

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He recognized that the fault of the government lay in the fact that it did not govern, and he deplored that his own function, in a decadent age, was but " to prop up mouldering institutions."
How many prop skeletons could there be in the small town of Ouray?
610 B.e.) Greek mercenaries had been used to prop Pharaoh's throne.
No. Not unless you want to talk to yourself while I prop up a zombie who won't hear a word you're saying.
"Prop her up," Wynn snapped.

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