upbear
[ uhp-bair ]
/ ʌpˈbɛər /
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verb (used with object), up·bore, up·borne, up·bear·ing.
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
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OTHER WORDS FROM upbear
up·bear·er, nounWords nearby upbear
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Example sentences from the Web for upbear
Approach!The incrusted surface shall upbear thy steps,And the broad arching portals of the groveWelcome thy entering.
If they sometimes subdue, they must finally upbear me, for I seek the universal,—and that must be the best.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller OssoliKneeling Norman nobles carved in white marble upbear the simple, boxlike mass of porphyry upon their armored shoulders.
Vistas in Sicily|Arthur Stanley RiggsIf they sometimes subdue, they must finally upbear me, for I seek the Universal—and that must be the best.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843|S.M. Fuller