buttress

²buttress

verb

Definition of BUTTRESS

transitive verb

: to furnish or shore up with a buttress; also : support, strengthen <arguments buttressed by solid facts>

Examples of BUTTRESS

1. The treaty will buttress the cause of peace.
2. The theory has been buttressed by the results of the experiment.

First Known Use of BUTTRESS

14th century

Related to BUTTRESS

Synonyms: bear, bolster, brace, support, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold

Related Words: steady, truss, underlie

Near Antonyms: undercut, undermine, weaken

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