Uphold vs Stayer - What's the difference?
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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
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To support by approval or encouragement.
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One who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.
One who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains.
(sports, informal) An athlete, horse, etc. with staying power.
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As a verb uphold
is to hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.As a noun stayer is
one who, or that which, upholds or supports; a prop.uphold
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- but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.