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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When a height of nine thousand feet had been reached the rugged upraise opened out into a nearly level plateau.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson
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
But only when thine honour shall demand, Or injured right, upraise thy martial hand.
From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats
Thy city fill once more, Thy temple-walls upraise, There will we Thee adore With joyful songs of praise, Thee, merciful, adored, We bless and sanctify, With wine-cups filled up high, By blessings of the Lord.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
It will upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity.
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont
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
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
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)
The Doctor knows that Shorty is not named because of brevity in speech, and upraises a white hand.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by Charles King
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
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
Located 300 feet above the canyon floor, it’s been described as a playground of upraised sandstone.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
Here Dad would stop long enough to give his version of a depreciating moue, and hide his face coyly behind an upraised elbow.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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
James Nippit's pet work was in connection with his reform movement, the Young Men's Mission, a design for upraising the youths of the larrikin and criminal classes.
From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson
Lo! while these are gazing, Charm'd into statues by the god-taught strain, I, I alone—to thy dear face upraising My tearful glance—the life of life regain!
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
Sometimes Sara Lee reminded him of her—the upraising of her eyes or an unstudied gesture.
From The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Hugh felt that the only possible hope of regeneration and upraising lay in the individual; and that if the tone of individual feeling could be purified and strengthened, these organisations would become mere unmeaning words.
From Beside Still Waters by Arthur Christopher Benson
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