boost

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  1. transitive verb To raise or lift by pushing up from behind or below. See Synonyms at lift.
  2. transitive verb To increase; raise: boost prices; efforts to boost participation in the program.
  3. transitive verb To assist in further development or progress: a bill intended to boost local charities.
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  • MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian energy giant Reliance Industries said Thursday it had begun producing gas from the deep-sea Krishna Godavari Basin off India's east coast in what it called a boost for national energy security. —  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future
  • Older job seekers across the country (especially in East Texas) are getting a boost from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- popularly known as stimulus money.
  • But the shares 'partial recovery could be brief because much of the boost was the result of hedge funds covering short positions. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • The index got an additional boost from a Chinese manufacturing gauge that climbed for the third straight month.
  • The system stores energy under braking that can be released for a boost, which is expected to increase overtaking. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
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  1. Perhaps from dialectal boostering, bustling, active.

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  1. Etym. unknown.
  2. Early modern English, from Middle English bost; a variant of boist, q. v.
 

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