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.

---

verb (used without object)

1. to rise.

uprear British  

/ ʌpˈrɪə /

verb

1. (tr) to lift up; raise

---

Etymology

Origin of uprear

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

Example Sentences

Ay, but when our trust Totters, and faith is shattered to the base, Grand words will not uprear it.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

All hail, ye mountains that uprear     Your lordly heights magnificent!

From Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.

Here falls a cold rill drop by drop, and green grass-blades uprear Their heads, and fallen leaves are thick, and locusts prattle here.

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus

S. Nay, my mammy and our Ursel did uprear the beds.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von