upraise
verb (used with object)
to raise up; lift or elevate.
upraises
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present tense formof upraise (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
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
