See Also: Stoppardian(dictionary)

uphold (oh) and Stoppardian (iou)


uphold (oh)



[T]
to defend or support a law, system, or principle so that it continues to exist
::a committee that aims to uphold educational standards
if a court upholds a decision made by another court, it states that the decision was correct
::The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
-- upholder n [C]

Stoppardian (iou)



Stoppardian adjective. L20.
[from Stoppard (see below) + -IAN.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the plays of the British dramatist Tom Stoppard (b. 1937).