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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
uphold/ʌpˈhəʊld/

▶verb (past and past part. upheld) confirm or support.

■ maintain (a custom or practice).

– derivatives
upholder noun.

'uphold' also found in these Oxford entries:

maintain - sustain - sustentation - upholsterer

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