uphold (v.)

• accept
• admire
• advocate
• affirm
• aid
• answer
• approve
• assert
• assist
• attest
• authenticate
• back
• backstop
• bear
• bless
• bolster
• boost
• brace
• buoy
• buttress
• carry
• certify
• champion
• circumstantiate
• confirm
• conserve
• copyright
• corroborate
• countenance
• counter
• cradle
• cushion
• defend
• document
• elevate
• embrace
• endorse
• erect
• escalate
• espouse
• esteem
• favor
• finance
• float
• fortify
• fund
• guard
• heave
• heft
• heighten
• heist
• help
• hike
• hoist
• hold
• justify
• keep
• levitate
• lift
• lob
• loft
• maintain
• patent
• pillow
• preserve
• probate
• promote
• prop
• protect
• prove
• raise
• ratify
• rear
• rebut
• refute
• register
• reinforce
• reply
• respect
• respond
• riposte
• rise
• sanction
• save
• shore
• shoulder
• sky
• spare
• stay
• strengthen
• subsidize
• substantiate
• subvention
• support
• sustain
• undergird
• underlie
• underpin
• up
• upheave
• uplift
• upraise
• validate
• verify
• vindicate
• waft
• warrant