upbear
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of upbear
First recorded in 1250–1300, upbear is from the Middle English word upberen. See up-, bear 1
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What shall I say of those fair buildings, which ’tis so wonderful to see the ground among those fens upbear?’
From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Charles Kingsley
How pleasant is the course along a new river, the sight of new shores; like a life, would but life flow as fast, and upbear us with as full a stream.
From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Margaret Fuller
Wild River, a little farther down, you may ford almost dry-shod, and in four hours it shall reach such heights and depths as might upbear our mightiest man-of-war.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
If they sometimes subdue, they must finally upbear me, for I seek the universal,—and that must be the best.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller
Up through the waves the Dolphins bound, A hundred bended backs are found, Each one more eager than the rest To upbear the sweet Player on Ocean's breast.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
I was conscious, moreover, of the strong upbearing of my companion's hand that lent wings to my feet.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
Mr. Purdy once saw, upon a single great mountain-side, ten thousand of these wonderful plants, upbearing their beautiful, pure lilies—a sight outrivaling the poet's vision of the golden daffodils.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Then, as a river of fire, they streamed slowly through the Corso, on their way to the Quirinal to thank the Pope, upbearing a banner on which the edict was printed.
From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Arthur B. Fuller
At night, the Corso was illuminated, and many thousands passed through it in a torch-bearing procession, on their way to the Quirinal, to thank the Pope, upbearing a banner on which the edict was printed.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Margaret Fuller
He seemed their only hope—the Atlas upbearing all the fates of Athens.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
When other actors faltered -and every member of the excellent cast, except Boris Karloff as the judge, was jittered off top form on opening night -Julie upbore them.
From Time Magazine Archive
From him escaping, on light wings upborne Th' Athenians seem'd; light wings their limbs upbore!
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
By my granite shape of yore Passed the priests, with stately pschent, And the mystic boat upbore, Emblemed and magnificent.
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee
The ripples hid his forehead; And last, the thick, bright curls a moment floated, So warm and silky that the stream upbore them, Closing reluctant as he sank forever.
From Mosaics of Grecian History by Marcius Willson
Then from that shore the wind upbore a cry: `Thou Sea, thou Sea of Darkness! why, oh why Dost waste thy West in unthrift mystery?'
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Sidney Lanier
The seal of Eton College, dated 1474, attests to the Assumption; in that seal Mary is shown upborne by six angels with the arms of Eton under her feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now their king, upborne by fame, unto the Gods shall go, Upon whose shrines he vows himself; his name shall live in tale.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
No frigid clime congeals The fervid blood that riots in thy veins; No torrid sun thine upborne nature feels— The North, the South, alike are thy domains.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
He was upborne by that which he beat against, too gross an element to live in, were it not for the dose of life-breath in the soul.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
In this manner they descended several hundred feet, and when from the bottom they looked up over the way they had come they felt that they must surely have been upborne by wings.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
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