upbear

[ uhp-bair ]

verb (used with object)

, up·bore, up·borne, up·bear·ing.

1. to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.

Other Words From

• up·bearer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of upbear¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, upbear is from the Middle English word upberen. See up-, bear ¹

Example Sentences

Upbear, up-bār′, v.t. to bear up: to raise aloft: to sustain.

From Project Gutenberg

Up through the waves the Dolphins bound, A hundred bended backs are found, Each one more eager than the rest To upbear the sweet Player on Ocean's breast.

From Project Gutenberg

If the thing itself to which it related was to endure, it is obvious that the longer it lasted, and the more it grew, the greater also the need of the office which should upbear it.

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Oft doth my soul her prisoned state bemoan, Her earth-born co-mate she would fain disown, And quit, did not the stirrup of the law Upbear her foot from dashing on the stone.

From Project Gutenberg

I flow beneath the columns that upbear The world, and all the tracts of heaven and hell; Foamless I sweep, where sounds nor glimmers tell My motion nadir-ward; no moment's flare Gives each to each the shapes that, unaware, Commingle at my verge, to test the spell Of waves intense with night, whose deeps compel One face from pain, and rapture, and despair.

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