embolster

English

Alternative forms

  • imbolster (obsolete)

Etymology

From em- +‎ bolster.

Verb

embolster (third-person singular simple present embolsters, present participle embolstering, simple past and past participle embolstered)

  1. (transitive, rare) To prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up
    • 1979, Treaty Termination: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations:
      The argument is embolstered by emphasizing that the right and mode of termination in the Taiwan case was pursuant to the text of the treaty itself.

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