LekhoriLekhoriTo 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.
To support by approval or encouragement; to vindicate; to confirm (something which has been questioned
A surname.
From Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse...
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but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.