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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

embolster en · VERB

Etymology

From em- + bolster.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up
    • 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. 1979, Treaty Termination: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations:

Forms

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embolstered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
embolstered Tense=Past lexicographic
embolstering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
imbolster alternative, obsolete lexicographic
embolsters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic