英和和英

動詞

upholden

1. (archaic) past participle of uphold
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version, Job 4:4:

     Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

   • 1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Proposition XV, §. VIII.:

     For these wretches would be necessitated then to betake themselves to some honest livelihood, if they were not fed and upholden, by these.

語源

From up- +‎ holden; compare Middle Dutch ophouden, Middle Low German upholden, Middle High German ûfhalten.

発音

• IPA: /upˈhɔ̝ːldən/
• (Northern) IPA: /upˈhaːld/

動詞

upholden (third-person singular simple present upholdeth, present participle upholdynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative upheld, past participle upholden)

1. To hold up; to keep aloft or upright.
2. To support or sustain; to provide help to or for:
   1. To subsidise or pay for; to give money to maintain.
   2. (rare) To complete or bring about (an intent)
   3. (rare) To resist; to defend against.
   4. (rare) To confirm an assertion or claim.

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: uphold
• Middle Scots: uphald, uphalde
  • Scots: uphaud, up-haud

参照

• “uphōlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.