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
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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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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 Wilson, Epiphanius
Bahá’u’lláh passed forty years of His life in prison and exile in order that He might upraise the banner of the oneness of the world of men.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
But only when thine honour shall demand, Or injured right, upraise thy martial hand.
From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.
I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.
From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.
My tunnel went into the hill on a slight upraise, and I could do the work alone.
From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Garland, Hamlin
Belgium upraises by her bravery Her name, her rights, and banner free.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela
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
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 Comfort, William Wistar
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 Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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 King, Charles
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
She added an image of an upraised fist pointing toward the name of the country, in Ukraine’s colors of blue and yellow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Located 300 feet above the canyon floor, it’s been described as a playground of upraised sandstone.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
Finally, of course, my mother’s upraised hand is a kind of warning, too, a predecessor of the black box.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
It was one of those marvellous structures erected by little insects, which to Cameron appeared even more wonderful than the upraising of the Egyptian pyramids by human hands.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.
Lo! while these are gazing, Charmed into statues by thy God-taught strain, I—I alone, to thy dear face upraising My tearful glance, the life of life regain!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
Through the upraising of Thy hand to the heaven of My grace, the hands of all created things shall be lifted up to their Lord, the Mighty, the Powerful, the Gracious.
From The Summons of the Lord of Hosts by Bahá'u'lláh
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 Benson, Arthur Christopher
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