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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Sister, how glorious even now these towers, What realm shall rise, with such a wondrous pair When Teucrian arms join fellowship with ours, What glory shall the Punic state upbear!
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Each hand an Alpine spear 766 Waves, and an oblong shield their stalwart arms upbear.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
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
Lord Falworth had the grim strength of manhood's hard sense to upbear him in sending his son into the world, but the poor lady mother had nothing of that to uphold her.
From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard
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
The Veni burst forth in an unrestrained upbearing of confident petition: "Keep far our foes; give peace at home"—and the door closed behind Nurse Rosemary.
From The Rosary by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)
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
The wide, shimmering plain of sea—its aerial blue, stretching beyond the limits of my vision in one direction, upbearing transverse, cloud-like islands in another, varied and shadowed by shore and sky—mingled its essence with mine.
From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth
He seemed their only hope—the Atlas upbearing all the fates of Athens.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
She spread her arms wide, in indication of the vastness of the upbearing body whereon she sat.
From Paul Faber, Surgeon by MacDonald, George
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
Dim and beautiful indeed was the hope that upbore the grave and beautiful Theban maiden; and we shall see her resolution equaled, though hardly surpassed, by Christian Antigones of equal love and surer faith.
From A Book of Golden Deeds by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
But, albeit he could not swim, the hand of God upbore him, that he won safe to the dry land again.
From The Fall of the Niebelungs by Armour, Margaret
The sea upbore me, flood of the tide, on Finnish land, the welling waters.
From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton
And when war was red Around us, friends upbore the gentle dead Home, and dear women's heads about them wound White shrouds, and here they sleep in the old ground Belovèd.
From The Trojan women of Euripides by Euripides
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
She could remember yet how he had carried her over the mountains in the midst of the storm, how she had been so bravely upborne by his arms to his heart.
From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
She felt herself upborne on waves of religious emotion towards those shining stars.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
Beneath, the forest lay sleeping in the lustrous sunlight, and now and again from its cool recess would be upborne the soft note of a hoopoe.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
Her litter was ablaze with candles and laden with flowers; her outsweeping train was upborne by four little pages, and a brass band followed her with unceasing music.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
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