"bolstered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bolstered (not comparable)
  1. padded Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: unbolstered
    Sense id: en-bolstered-en-adj-x~m1OLk8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bolstered
  1. simple past and past participle of bolster Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: bolster
    Sense id: en-bolstered-en-verb-mmHb--m8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
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          "ref": "1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!:",
          "text": "What fifty men dared not have done, one woman did! a painted, patched, fucused, periwigged, bolstered, Charybdis, cannibal, Megaera, Lamia!",
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