Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UP-HOLD', v.t. [pret. and pp. upheld. Upholden is obsolete.]

1. To lift on high; to elevate. Dryden.
2. To support; to sustain; to keep from falling or slipping. Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxii.
3. To keep from declension. Atterbury.
4. To support in any state. Ralegh.
5. To continue; to maintain. Hooker.
6. To keep from being lost. Faulconbridge, / In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak.
7. To continue without failing. Holder.
8. To continue in being. Hakewill.