upheave
Americanverb (used with object)
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to heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
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to force or throw up violently or with much power, as an erupting volcano.
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to cause a major disturbance or disorder in.
The revolution upheaved the government, causing its leaders to flee the country.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to heave or rise upwards
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geology to thrust (land) upwards or (of land) to be thrust upwards
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(tr) to disturb violently; throw into disorder
Other Word Forms
- upheaver noun
Etymology
Origin of upheave
First recorded in 1250–1300, upheave is from the Middle English word upheven. See up-, heave
Example Sentences
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In the realm of shades, on a throne of gold, By the side of her royal spouse, behold Fair Proserpine, With gloomy mien, While deep sighs upheave her bosom.
From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
We live on a volcanic mass, which at any moment may upheave and blow us to glory without the benefit of the clergy, the most of whom are in the army of Dixie.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various
Every day of my life I will upheave my soul from its inmost fastenings, and not suffer a blur to settle upon it.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side.
From Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
All her life she had been servile—servile with the sudden rare tremendous insurrections that upheave certain natures brought up in servility, swift tempests more devastating than the steady fighting of systematic rebels.
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
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