To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
To keep from falling; bear the weight of; support
To lengthen in duration; protract:
To encourage or help develop; cultivate:
To foster; develop; promote (a feeling, attitude, habit, etc.)
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To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify:
To be successful in coming or going:
To oppose, resist, or endure, esp. in a successful way
To keep from falling; support
To not interfere with; allow; permit
To continue to live after or in spite of
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To provide something necessary or desired to; furnish or equip:
To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.
To preserve is to protect or keep something as it is or in its original state.
To provide for; support:
To be of use or provide relief:
To help to grow or develop; stimulate; promote
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To support or promote; encourage:
The definition of experience is to have something happen.
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
To hold back or within fixed limits
Console means to comfort someone.
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(Law) To help; aid
To equip or support with braces
To prop up as with a bolster; support, strengthen, or reinforce
To support or hold up; sustain
Back is defined as to support or to move in a backward motion.
To continue in existence; endure:
(Horse Racing) To veer slightly from a direct course
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To provide or contain
Any and every method of removing something from one person or place to another; specifically, the handing over of possession or control of assets or title. Transfer may be affected by assignment, by delivery, by indorsement, and by operation of law. the act of handing over possession or control.
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
To maintain records in:
To be for; support; advocate; endorse
To maintain at a high level; support:
To give milk from the breast to (an infant); suckle
To put together in a lump or lumps
To take in; absorb; engulf; envelop
To take, move into, or be in a (specified) upright position
(Informal) To take on the responsibility or obligation for:
To take (what is offered or given); receive, esp. willingly
To support financially
To prove the truth of or support with proof or evidence:
To leave (one's post, military service, etc.) without permission
To leave unfinished:
To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert:
To obstruct or delay the progress of:
To prevent the flow or passage of:
To stop; end
(Intransitive) Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
To suffer great need
To weaken or otherwise cause a loss in value to (a business, reputation, etc.)
To ignore or disregard
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