upraise
Americanverb (used with object)
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to raise up; lift or elevate.
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to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.
verb
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literary to lift up; elevate
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archaic to praise; exalt
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have upraisedperfect
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has upraisedperfect 3rd person singular
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has been upraisingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been upraisingperfect progressive
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upraisingparticiple
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am upraisingprogressive 1st person singular
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is upraisingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are upraisingprogressive
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upraisessingular 3rd person
Past
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had upraisedperfect
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was upraisingprogressive singular
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had been upraisingperfect progressive
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upraisedparticiple
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were upraisingprogressive plural
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upraisedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of upraise
First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise
Example Sentences
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He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Kelly, Allen
Having arranged her bouquet of all such tender plants as do now "upraise their loaded stems," she walks toward the library window, and, finding it open, steps in.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
They must also upraise the flag of the oneness of the world of humanity in the island of Madagascar.
From Tablets of the Divine Plan by `Abdu'l-Bahá
It bloom'd in simplicity's meekest of form, The spoil of the winds and the gust of the storm; Like the offspring of want on a pitiless shore, No hand to upraise it—no heart to deplore!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 by Various
He was apt to present his insight in a sort of parable or allegory, to upraise it before the eyes of mankind on the mast or flagpole of some vehement exaggeration.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
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