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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bol·ster, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered p. pr. & vb. n. Bolstering.]
 1. To support with a bolster or pillow.
 2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.
    To bolster baseness.   --Drayton.
    Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.   --Compton Reade.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bol·stered a.
 1. Supported; upheld.
 2. Swelled out.
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