n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
: to furnish or shore up with a buttress also : SUPPORT , STRENGTHEN <arguments buttress ed by solid facts>
n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
: to furnish or shore up with a buttress also : SUPPORT , STRENGTHEN <arguments buttress ed by solid facts>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012