To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
To make strong; to strengthen.
To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold.
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 aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.