Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bolstering.]
1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp.
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2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or
unusual effort; -- often with up.
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To bolster baseness. --Drayton.
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Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a
factitious pride. --Compton
Reade.
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Bolstered \Bol"stered\, a.
1. Supported; upheld.
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2. Swelled out.
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