To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
To reinforce, to add to, to support (someone or something)
To grow strong or stronger.
To substantiate; to corroborate (a belief, argument, etc.)
To augment; to improve; to intensify.