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

But, where my palace stood, with the same stone    I will uprear a shady hermitage; And there my spirit shall keep house alone,    Accomplishing its age.

From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

Here waves uprear themselves, their tops blown back By the gay, sunny wind, which whips the blue And breaks it into gleams and sparks of light.

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy

Fire-eyed Valour, guard the land; Here uprear thy fearless crest; Princess, Kate, Alice, &c.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

In cloudy height surrounding me, uprear The Rocky Mountains their uncounted heads.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

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 Larus, John Rouse