upbear
[ uhp-bair ]
verb (used with object),up·bore, up·borne, up·bear·ing.
to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
Origin of upbear
1Other words from upbear
- up·bear·er, noun
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How to use upbear in a sentence
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
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