°To support, countenance, maintain,
uphold, or aid any cause, opinion, or action; to maintain; -- (Obsolete) in a good sense.
noun
°(obsolete) An act of abetting; of
helping; of giving
aid.
synonyms:
incite, instigate, set on, egg on
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, foment, advocate, countenance, encourage, second, uphold, aid, assist, support, sustain, back, connive