upraise

[uhp-reyz]

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verb (used with object), up·raised, up·rais·ing.

to raise up; lift or elevate.
to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.

Origin of upraise

First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise

Related formsup·rais·er, noun

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Related Words for upraise

organize, frame, elevate, shape, fashion, pitch, compose, raise, make, construct, fabricate, forge, manufacture, plant, form, effect, lift, hoist, assemble, heighten

Examples from the Web for upraise

Historical Examples of upraise

I pressed it, and, satisfied with the discovery, forbore to upraise the sash.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
And each cañon as he passed was empty, and each had some shrub, like a crouching man, to startle him and upraise the revolver.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
The floor and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several places is smooth and well made.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895
Jesse Walter Fewkes
For national right and justice, for really oppressed nationalities, she has long ceased to upraise her voice or her arm.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871
Various
Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.
Old Kensington
Miss Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for upraise

upraise

verb (tr)

mainly literary to lift up; elevate
archaic to praise; exalt

Derived Formsupraiser, noun

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