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▪ I. upˈholding, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
†1. Sustenance; support in necessaries. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andrew) 965 Þu sal hafe þi vphalding with honeste in al thinge In myn dioce. 1535Coverdale 2 Macc. iii. 10 Money layed vp for the vpholdinge of weddowes and fatherlesse children. 1667D. Fergusson's Coll. Sc. Prov. No. 707, Pride and sweerness would have meikle upholding.
2. Maintenance in regular use or in proper condition.
a1350in Facsimiles Nat. MSS. Scotland ii. (1870) 14 Ad..sustentacionem [glossed vphalding] dicti molendini. 1453Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 20 For the vphaldyng and eikyng of Godis seruice to be done in the paroche kirk. 1486in Exchequer Rolls Scotl. X. 100 For the uphalding and bering of the..chargis of the said office. 1521Lincoln Wills (1914) 104 To the upholdyng of Notyngham briges. 1522Ibid. 106 To the upholdyng of the forsaid churche. 1543Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 47, I bewhethe other twenty shelyngs..for the upholdyng of one seirge of waxe yerly. 1612in Essex Rev. XVII. 105 The upholdinge and perfectinge of the companies in good strength and number. 1631Weever Anc. Funeral Mon. To Rdr. 6 For the repairing and vpholding..of that..building. 1842J. Aiton Clerical Econ. 112 It must have separate houses, which,..in upholding, must cost disproportionally dear. 1894C. N. Robinson Brit. Fleet 62 No sacrifice can therefore be too great for the upholding of our fleet.
3. The action of sustaining or supporting by aid or influence.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1605) 8 The vpholding of their wordly power and glorie of their Order. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 226 The inquirie..how we haue striuen and fought for the vpholding and maintenance of Gods truth. 1637Documents agst. Prynne (Camden) 95 This was my Lord of Lincolne's case in his upholding the creditt of Prydean. 1691Blount Law Dict. (ed. 2), Maintenance, signifies the upholding or maintaining of a Cause or Person. 1818Milman Samor v. 209 If this life Be worthy thy upholding. 1863J. Coldstream in Balfour Biog. (1865) v. 195 We sensibly felt the ‘upholding’ graciously vouchsafed. 1872Spurgeon Treas. Dav. III. 10 He asked..for deliverance, and here he returns thanks for upholding.
4. The action of maintaining in argument.
1587Golding De Mornay ix. 144 What els then is his vpholding of the world to be eternal, than a turning of y⊇ whole world vpside downe?
5. The action of raising or holding up.
1574in Maitl. Cl. Misc. (1840) I. 111 He..forder obleist him with uphalding of his hand, that he suld be ane trew sugget. 1598in J. Ronald Landmarks Old Stirling (1899) 338 They promised solemnlie be uphaulding of their hands. 1866J. G. Murphy Comm., Exod. xvii. 12 Aaron and Hur joining in the upholding of Moses's hands.
▪ II. upˈholding, ppl. a.
[up- 6 b.]
Supporting, sustaining.
1553Poynet Short Catech. 43 [The] church, which Paul calleth the piller, and vpholding stay of truth. 1561T. N[orton] tr. Calvin's Inst. iii. xxi. 239 The vpholdyng stay of sounde affiance. 1674Boyle Excell. Theol. i. i. 27 Though the soul of man, by the continuance of his ordinary and upholding concourse, may survive the body. 1724E. Erskine Wks. (1791) 122/1 His quickening, strengthening, and upholding presence may be withdrawn. 1784Cowper Task iii. 658 Flow'rs..expect th' upholding aid Of the smooth-shaven prop. c1830Bryant Forest Hymn 67 The indwelling Life,..the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe. 1890‘L. Falconer’ Mlle. Ixe vi, She..would have fallen, but for the timely aid of two upholding arms.
Hence upˈholdingly adv. (nonce poet. formation).
1934Kipling Non nobis Domine in Verse (1940) 512 O Power by whom we live—Creator, Judge and Friend, Upholdingly forgive. |