To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
To raise or summon up.
To twist into a contorted state.
To blunder; to make a mistake.
To tighten or secure with screws.
To make a mess of; to ruin.
To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.