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ADVOCATE |
Support (cause) |
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ESPOUSE |
Support (cause) |
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RELEVANT |
Sufficient to support the cause. |
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MILITANT |
Aggressive in support of a cause |
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BACKING |
Support or aid given to a person or cause. |
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LEAN |
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest. |
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REST |
To place, as on a support; to cause to lean. |
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PHILIPPIZE |
To support or advocate the cause of Philip of
Macedon. |
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SKID |
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause
to move on skids. |
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SUPPORT |
To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as,
to be able to support one's own cause. |
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RUN |
To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for
office; as, to run some one for Congress. |
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TRIP |
Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an
obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail. |
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GROUNDLESS |
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason
for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless
report or assertion. |
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ENLIST |
To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing
interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a
charitable enterprise. |
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ROCK |
To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting
on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to
vibrate; to cause to reel or totter. |
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DEPEND |
To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to
be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary
condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of. |
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DESERT |
To leave (especially something which one should stay by
and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; --
implying blame, except ... |
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REASON |
A thought or a consideration offered in support of a
determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an
action; that which is of... |
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NONSUIT |
...either because he is satisfied that he can not
support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory
nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered... |
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PLEA |
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in
a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished
from a demurr... |