upraise
Americanverb (used with object)
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to raise up; lift or elevate.
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to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.
verb
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literary to lift up; elevate
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archaic to praise; exalt
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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upraisesimple
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upraisessimple
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have upraisedperfect
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has upraisedperfect
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am upraisingprogressive
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are upraisingprogressive
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is upraisingprogressive
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have been upraisingperfect progressive
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has been upraisingperfect progressive
Past
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upraisedsimple
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had upraisedperfect
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was upraisingprogressive
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were upraisingprogressive
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had been upraisingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of upraise
First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise
Example Sentences
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Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays Now divers birds are heard to sing, And sundry flowers their heads upraise, Hail to the coming on of Spring!
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Also ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer,5 Now, henceforth and forever—O latest to whom I upraise Hand and heart and voice!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra
Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the mistletoe; Instead of holly, now upraise The greener box for show.
From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
The floor and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several places is smooth and well made.
From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter
It will upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity.
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
The languid rose her head upraises, and listens to the nightingale, while his wild and thrilling praises from his trembling bosom gush: the languid rose her head upraises, and listens with a blush.
From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It is Lilian: she is trembling visibly, and the face she upraises to his is pale—nay, gray—with dread suspense.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
Belgium upraises by her bravery Her name, her rights, and banner free.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela
The Doctor knows that Shorty is not named because of brevity in speech, and upraises a white hand.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by King, Charles
The king, for whom the songs awake, As fair return the bard to make— A golden chain upraises.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various
So, here, Washington seems to have just stepped forward and, his head slightly upraised and with eyes fixed on something in the distance, readies himself to speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“He was a fixture of the neighborhood. He just loved Capitol Hill and the Central District area,” Taylor said of Ewell, who would stand on street corners with upraised arms.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
“But look at us now!” he said, arms upraised.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
In Game 3 of the 1932 series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, the Yankees’ Babe Ruth gestured with an upraised finger toward the Cubs pitcher, Charlie Root, and walloped his next pitch for a home run.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
Suddenly the king broke off, his arm upraised, as though frozen in place.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
It's an anti-colonialism commentary whose heroes validate the brown people's struggles around the world while distinctly upraising Indian pride.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
Then all the ministers of state, upraising him, exhort him, as was right, to calm himself.
From Sacred Books of the East by Various
The loud chorus which had heralded the upraising of the curtain died away.
From The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
There was a general upraising of hands, which was declared to be unanimous for immediate removal.
From Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk by Black Hawk
Lo! while these are gazing, Charmed into statues by thy God-taught strain, I—I alone, to thy dear face upraising My tearful glance, the life of life regain!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
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