uprear

[ uhp-reer ]

verb (used with object)

1. to raise up; lift:

   The horse upreared its head and whinnied.

2. to build; erect:

   to uprear a monument in stone.

3. to elevate the dignity of; exalt:

   God upreared Abraham by making him the father of many nations.

4. to bring up; rear:

   to uprear children in a good environment.

verb (used without object)

1. to rise.

uprear

/ ʌpˈrɪə /

verb

1. tr to lift up; raise

Word History and Origins

Origin of uprear¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, uprear is from the Middle English word upreren. See up-, rear ²

Example Sentences

Natural barriers uprear before the traveler, barriers which he must scale with sweat and straining muscles.

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The Whisperer, upon the ruins of the old creeds, would try to uprear a new creed—his own.

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Upon the ruins of our present immature civilization it will uprear a charming state of society.

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To climb the huge boulders the animals were compelled to uprear and struggle blindly through the tangled mass of vegetation.

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He seemed to shrink in stature, standing before the other man's uprear of imperious will.

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