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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 But·tress v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
    To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration.   --Burke.

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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 buttressed
      adj : held up by braces or buttresses [syn: braced]