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uplifted

[uhp-lif-tid] Origin

up·lift·ed

[uhp-lif-tid]
adjective
1.
improved, as in mood or spirit.
2.
raised or elevated, as a beam.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English: orig., past participle of uplift

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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up·lift

[v. uhp-lift; n. uhp-lift]
verb (used with object)
1.
to lift up; raise; elevate.
2.
to improve socially, culturally, morally, or the like: to uplift downtrodden and deprived peoples.
3.
to exalt emotionally or spiritually.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become uplifted.
noun
5.
an act of lifting up or raising; elevation.
6.
the process or work of improving, as socially, intellectually, or morally.
7.
emotional or spiritual exaltation.
8.
a brassiere.
9.
Geology. an upheaval.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English upliften. See up-, lift

up·lift·ment, noun


7. enrichment, betterment, enhancement.

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uplift
1338, from up + lift (v.).
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