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bolsterverb to hold up or serve as a foundation forused additional beams to bolster the ceiling bear, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold steady, truss, underlie to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer back, buttress, corroborate, reinforce(also reenforce), shore (up), substantiate, support confirm, establish, prove, verifyaffirm, avouch, validate undercut, undermine, weaken before the 12th century |