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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They must also upraise the flag of the oneness of the world of humanity in the island of Madagascar.
From Tablets of the Divine Plan 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.
Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.
From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss
Striving ever to upraise the veil that hides man from himself, in the effort I have been misapprehended, my motives impugned, and my reward has been poverty, slander, disgrace.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly
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
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