'Bolstered' definitions:
Definition of 'Bolstered'
From: GCIDE
- Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolstering.]
- 1. To support with a bolster or pillow. --S. Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
- To bolster baseness. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. --Compton Reade. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bolstered'
From: GCIDE
- Bolstered \Bol"stered\, a.
- 1. Supported; upheld. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Swelled out. [1913 Webster]