upraise
Americanverb (used with object)
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to raise up; lift or elevate.
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to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.
verb
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literary to lift up; elevate
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archaic to praise; exalt
Other Word Forms
- upraiser noun
Etymology
Origin of upraise
First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise
Example Sentences
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The Strain upraise of joy and praise. m arr.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Naturally I have let it fall to upraise you, and now I have leave it there.”
From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)
But only when thine honour shall demand, Or injured right, upraise thy martial hand.
From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.
My voice I will upraise To thank the world for every bird that sings.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
Striving ever to upraise the veil that hides man from himself, in the effort I have been misapprehended, my motives impugned, and my reward has been poverty, slander, disgrace.
From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly
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