To become stiff.
To make stiff.
To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
To provide for or nourish.
To encourage or sanction (something).
To maintain, or keep in existence.
To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.