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verb
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Synonyms: tolerating, suffering, stomaching, standing, lumping, enduring, withstanding, brooking, taking, swallowing, bearing, sustaining, abiding, going, accepting, digesting
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adjective
Capable of bearing a structural load
Synonyms: aiding, upholding, shielding, ancillary, encouraging, load-bearing, promoting, auxiliary, approving, collateral, corroborative, for
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verb
Be a regular customer or client of
Synonyms: sponsoring, patronizing
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verb
Adopt as a belief
Synonyms: defending, upholding, subscribing, recommending, endorsing, championing, backing, advocating
Antonyms: disapproving, contradicting, stopping, blocking, weakening, undermining, repudiating, opposing, deserting
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verb
To continue
Synonyms: maintaining, keeping
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verb
Support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
Synonyms: sustaining, holding, underpinning, upholding, raising, staking, nursing, chaperoning, guarding, subsidizing, carrying, underwriting, sponsoring, backing, bearing, corroborating
Antonyms: neglecting, releasing, rejecting, refusing, disapproving, contradicting, stopping, blocking, weakening, failing, undermining, repudiating, opposing, ignoring, deserting, abandoning
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verb
Be behind; approve of
Synonyms: sustaining, upholding, helping, confirming, substantiating, assisting, boosting, strengthening, encouraging, corroborating, verifying, approving, countenancing, advocating, championing, buoying, propping, cheering, backing, fostering, defending, affirming, carrying, consoling, recommending, preserving, cherishing, comforting, heartening, staying, buttressing, bolstering, furthering, bracing, bearing, beaming, basing, aiding, anchoring, vindicating, advancing, promoting, tolerating, endorsing, maintaining, subsidizing, establishing, sponsoring, siding, shouldering, shielding, sanctioning, reinforcing, ratifying, holding, providing, posting, patronizing, nurturing, nourishing, lifting, keeping, hinging, espousing, enduring, embracing
Antonyms: rejecting, deterring, refusing, disapproving, contradicting, stopping, blocking, discouraging, weakening, undermining, repudiating, opposing, deserting, hindering
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verb
Hold up
Synonyms: sustaining, carrying, shouldering, underpinning, staying, bearing, bracing, buttressing, bolstering, propping
Antonyms: rejecting, refusing, disapproving, contradicting, stopping, blocking, weakening, dropping, releasing, undermining, repudiating, opposing, deserting
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noun
The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
Synonyms: support