v. t. 1. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mournful train with groans, and hands upheld.
Besought his pity. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. xxix 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faulconbridge,
In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Up + holder. Cf. Upholsterer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An undertaker, or provider for funerals. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The upholder, rueful harbinger of death. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An upholsterer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Upholsterer. ] To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as, to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A broker. [ Obs. ] Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An upholsterer. [ Obs. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written upholster, upholdster. See Upholder, and -ster. ] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like; one who upholsters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upholsterer bee. (Zool.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The articles or goods supplied by upholsterers; the business or work of an upholsterer. [ 1913 Webster ]