embolster

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verb

To prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up

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Meanings

verbembolster (third-person singular simple present embolsters, present participle embolstering, simple past and past participle embolstered)

present singular third person embolsters · participle present embolstering · participle past embolstered · past embolstered · alternative obsolete imbolster

  1. raretransitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shore up

Origin

From em- + bolster.

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APA

embolster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embolster

MLA

“embolster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embolster. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “embolster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embolster.

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