upraise

[ uhp-reyz ]

verb (used with object)

, up·raised, up·rais·ing.

1. to raise up; lift or elevate.
2. to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.

upraise

/ ʌpˈreɪz /

verb

1. literary.
   to lift up; elevate
2. archaic.
   to praise; exalt

Derived Forms

• upˈraiser, noun

Other Words From

• up·raiser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of upraise¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise

Example Sentences

She penetrated into no fresh kingdoms, she saw no new peaks upraise themselves or valleys carve themselves at her feet.

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When a height of nine thousand feet had been reached the rugged upraise opened out into a nearly level plateau.

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I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.

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He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.

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Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.

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Related Words

• elevate