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embolster

embolster verb: to prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up.

Verb

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

  1. (rare, transitive) To 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

Forms of embolster

third-person singular presentembolsters
present participleembolstering
past participleembolstered
pastembolstered
alternative form (obsolete)imbolster

Origin of embolster

From em- + bolster.

Questions about embolster

What does embolster mean?
Embolster means to prop up or support, as with a bolster; shore up.
What part of speech is embolster?
Embolster is a verb.
What is the past tense of embolster?
The past tense of embolster is embolstered.

Words near embolster in the dictionary

  1. embolon
  2. embolophrasia
  3. embolos
  4. embolotherapies
  5. embolotherapy
  6. embolster
  7. embolstered
  8. embolus
  9. emboluses
  10. emboly
  11. embonate

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