uphold

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, [...]/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind

To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

That misbegotten devil, Falconbridge, /In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.

To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned)

but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.

We must continually separate out and clearly articulate that support for the Jews as a people has nothing to do with upholding the policies of the Israeli state.

A surname.