properly, to build up or support ; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be ) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
. Usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right. hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
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