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
Example Sentences
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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 Fuller, Arthur B.
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
If they sometimes subdue, they must finally upbear me, for I seek the Universal—and that must be the best.
From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Fuller, Margaret
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 At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.
Sandalphon, whose white wings to heaven upbear The weight of human prayer, Stood silent in the still eternal Light Of God, one dreadful night.
From Collected Poems Volume One by Noyes, Alfred
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