embolstered

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