upraise

[ uhp-reyz ]
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verb (used with object),up·raised, up·rais·ing.
  1. to raise up; lift or elevate.

  2. to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.

Origin of upraise

1
First recorded in 1250–1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen.See up-, raise

Other words from upraise

  • up·rais·er, noun

Words Nearby upraise

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How to use upraise in a sentence

  • She penetrated into no fresh kingdoms, she saw no new peaks upraise themselves or valleys carve themselves at her feet.

    Arundel | Edward Frederic Benson
  • When a height of nine thousand feet had been reached the rugged upraise opened out into a nearly level plateau.

  • I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.

  • He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.

  • Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.

    Old Kensington | Miss Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for upraise

upraise

/ (ʌpˈreɪz) /


verb(tr)
  1. mainly literary to lift up; elevate

  2. archaic to praise; exalt

Derived forms of upraise

  • upraiser, noun

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