unbolster en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + bolster.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the support from.
What can unbolster a man whose trust in his morality, or pious education, or social virtues, props him up to a fancied superiority to the provisions of the Gospel; what, but the truth, […]?
1859, Gregory Thurston Bedell, Fellow Workers: Two Sermons, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unbolsters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unbolstering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbolstered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unbolstered | Tense=Past | lexicographic |