upraise
Americanverb (used with object)
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upraises,
present (3rd person singular)
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upraised,
past participle, past
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upraising
present participle
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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
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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upraisesimple
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upraisessimple
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have upraisedperfect
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has upraisedperfect
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am upraisingprogressive
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are upraisingprogressive
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is upraisingprogressive
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have been upraisingperfect progressive
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has been upraisingperfect progressive
Past
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upraisedsimple
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had upraisedperfect
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was upraisingprogressive
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were upraisingprogressive
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had been upraisingperfect progressive
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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Probably this artifice is greatly unconscious, the meed of the trained musician; but let no singer think to upraise his voice before the Lord ere he master the axioms of prosody.
From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley
My voice I will upraise To thank the world for every bird that sings.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Eric Mackay
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)
Reader, your soul upraise to see, In yon fair cut designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside Vainly soliciting from pride.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
The floor and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several places is smooth and well made.
From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The languid rose her head upraises, and listens to the nightingale, while his wild and thrilling praises from his trembling bosom gush: the languid rose her head upraises, and listens with a blush.
From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
It is Lilian: she is trembling visibly, and the face she upraises to his is pale—nay, gray—with dread suspense.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
Peter Stock was now holding up the Frenchman's arm, as a referee upraises the whip of a winning fighter.
From She Buildeth Her House by William Wistar Comfort
Belgium upraises by her bravery Her name, her rights, and banner free.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
The king, for whom the songs awake, As fair return the bard to make— A golden chain upraises.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 by Various
So, here, Washington seems to have just stepped forward and, his head slightly upraised and with eyes fixed on something in the distance, readies himself to speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“He was a fixture of the neighborhood. He just loved Capitol Hill and the Central District area,” Taylor said of Ewell, who would stand on street corners with upraised arms.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
In Game 3 of the 1932 series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, the Yankees’ Babe Ruth gestured with an upraised finger toward the Cubs pitcher, Charlie Root, and walloped his next pitch for a home run.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
By comparison, the snappily dressed kids in group shots typically arrange themselves in poses, crouching with their arms upraised or wingspread like the Jackson 5 or folded on their chests B-boy style.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
There are a few genuine adepts present who throw themselves rapturously into the music, eyes shut, arms upraised, waiting, no doubt, for the onset of glossolalia.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
It's an anti-colonialism commentary whose heroes validate the brown people's struggles around the world while distinctly upraising Indian pride.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
He loves me,” was Jean’s answer and the little upraising of the head at the conclusion of the remark conveyed more to Constance than to the others.
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
There was the imperious upraising of a jewelled paw, in company with a flash of eyes across the rose-bowl in the centre of the table.
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
Make this assemblage the cause of upraising the standard of the oneness of the world of humanity, and confirm these souls so that they may become the promoters of international peace.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
As he spoke the words there was a slight upraising of the eyes, together with a side glance at M'Clutchy, which, though barely-perceptible, contained as much sanctified venom as could well be expressed.
From Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
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