To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
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 experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
To be courageous; to regain one's courage.
Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation.