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unbolster

unbolster verb: to remove the support from.

Verb

unbolster (third-person singular simple present unbolsters, present participle unbolstering, simple past and past participle unbolstered)

  1. (transitive) To remove the support from.
    • What can unbolster a man whose trust in his morality, or pious education, or social virtues, props him up to a fancied superiority to the provisions of the Gospel; what, but the truth, […]?1859, Gregory Thurston Bedell, Fellow Workers: Two Sermons, page 36

Forms of unbolster

third-person singular presentunbolsters
present participleunbolstering
past participleunbolstered
pastunbolstered

Origin of unbolster

From un- + bolster.

Questions about unbolster

What does unbolster mean?
Unbolster means to remove the support from.
What part of speech is unbolster?
Unbolster is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbolster?
The past tense of unbolster is unbolstered.

Words near unbolster in the dictionary

  1. unboldfacing
  2. unbolding
  3. unboldly
  4. unbolds
  5. unbolled
  6. unbolster
  7. unbolstered
  8. unbolstering
  9. unbolsters
  10. unbolt
  11. unbolted

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