upraise
verb (used with object)
to raise up; lift or elevate.
upraising
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present participleof upraise.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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
Then all the ministers of state, upraising him, exhort him, as was right, to calm himself.
From Sacred Books of the East by Various
James Nippit's pet work was in connection with his reform movement, the Young Men's Mission, a design for upraising the youths of the larrikin and criminal classes.
From The Missing Link by Edward Dyson
The story has no reason to flag where the stake of the grimelinage is the upraising of white-robed spirits.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII by John Mackay Wilson
Over these hung a soft, bluish haze, making them appear vast in extent, and upraising the dark ridge of the fir forest, which crowns them, to mountain height against the western sky.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
