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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