Definition of Bolstering

1. Verb. (present participle of bolster) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bolstering

1. bolster [v] - See also: bolster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolstering

bolshevizes
bolshevizing
bolshie
bolshier
bolshies
bolshiest
bolshy
bolson
bolsons
bolster
bolster finger
bolster up
bolstered
bolsterer
bolsterers
bolstering (current term)
bolsters
bolt
bolt-action
bolt-actions
bolt-hole
bolt-holes
bolt-on
bolt-rope
bolt-ropes
bolt action
bolt actions
bolt bucket
bolt buckets
bolt circle

Literary usage of Bolstering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An historical and critical view of the speculative philosophy of Europe in by John Daniel Morell (1846)
"The idea of appealing to Divine authority, and bolstering up the weakness of our natural reason by the cultivation of our faith, was widely diffused ..."

2. Politicians and Apartheid: Trailing in the People's Wake by John Gardner (1997)
"Political reform: eroding apartheid or bolstering it? Many or all of the South African government's political reforms during the 1980s were regarded by ..."

3. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by R. Dougherty, Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"(3.51) bolstering may actually be applied to any error-counting estimation procedure; for example, one can define a bolstered leave-one-out (BLOO) estimator ..."

4. China by D. J. (FWD) Johnston (2005)
"bolstering the prudential framework to maintain financial stability Creation of a modern regulatory/supervisory system is one of the most important ..."

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