uprear

American  

[uhp-reer] / ʌpˈrɪər /

verb (used with object)

1. to raise up; lift.

   The horse upreared its head and whinnied.

2. to build; erect.

   to uprear a monument in stone.

3. to elevate the dignity of; exalt.

   God upreared Abraham by making him the father of many nations.

4. to bring up; rear.

   to uprear children in a good environment.

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verb (used without object)

1. to rise.

uprear British  

/ ʌpˈrɪə /

verb

1. (tr) to lift up; raise

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Etymology

Origin of uprear

First recorded in 1250–1300, uprear is from the Middle English word upreren. See up-, rear ²

Example Sentences

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uprear

She was the first American woman to uprear the banner of her sex in the matter of independence; she may be said to have been the prototype of all the succeeding upholders of "women's rights."

From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus

Nor a spot More fit to stir the poet's phantasy; Grey Old Man of the Mountain, awfully There, from thy wreath of clouds thou dost uprear Those features grand,—the same eternally!

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

Natural barriers uprear before the traveler, barriers which he must scale with sweat and straining muscles.

From North of Fifty-Three by Anton Otto Fischer

It is odd how individuality will uprear itself before its own consciousness, in the most adverse circumstances.

From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

In great masses they uprear their heads, peeping curiously in at the windows, trailing lovingly round the porches, nestling under the eaves, drooping coquettishly at the angles.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)