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
- upraiser noun
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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Millions of dollars of gold have been extracted from its bed, and millions more await the tunnel, upraise, and drift of the adventurous miner.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
The Strain upraise of joy and praise. m arr.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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)
My voice I will upraise To thank the world for every bird that sings.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
Naturally I have let it fall to upraise you, and now I have leave it there.”
From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)
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