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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No awning was spread over the square, this evening, and every eye beheld the ascent of the resurrected saints, a wondrous cloud seeming to upbear them upon its billowy whiteness.
From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney
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 Kingsley, Charles
O mystic wings, upbear me lightly now, Beyond life's faithful labour to a seat Where I can feel the end of things complete, Where no hot breath of ill can scorch the brow.
From A Lover's Diary, Complete by Parker, Gilbert
Our wings are fancies, incense-borne, That feather-light upbear.
From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various
Gretchen, in the golden cloud, is raised above all past delusions, worthy to redeem and upbear the wise man who stumbled into the pit of error while searching for truth.
From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret
Donald said no more; but his form as supported by the two men became noticeably heavier, as though it had been suddenly deprived of some upbearing and stimulating force.
From At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear by Munroe, Kirk
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 Fuller, Arthur B.
She spread her arms wide, in indication of the vastness of the upbearing body whereon she sat.
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George
There the swift relief was like an upbearing into another air, charged with more intimate222 largess for life.
From Christmas A Story by Solon, Leon V. (Leon Victor)
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 Harland, Marion
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
Under such persuasion, the rounded hills which upbore and encompassed Jerusalem took on a coat green as emerald and thick as civet-fur.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
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 Lanier, Sidney
It was strange how this purpose upbore and consoled me; for I needed consolation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
His massive neck upbore a head of Augustan beauty, lighted by eyes that alternately blazed with the pride and resolution of a Cid and softened with the musings of a Manrique.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Bronson, Edgar Beecher
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
Where Mary, divine in her virginal loveliness, is not upborne among the golden clouds, the radiant-plumed angel kneels on her cottage floor and the wings of the descending dove beat whiteness through the air.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
I just tried The slippers on, amazed to see them shaped So fairly to my feet, when, all at once, I felt my steps upborne and hurried on Almost as if with wings.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
The service comes to a close in one great surging chant, upborne on the throbbing waves of the organ notes.
From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy
She felt herself upborne on waves of religious emotion towards those shining stars.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
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