UPLIFT
UPLIFT', verb transitive To raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm. It is chiefly used in the participle; as uplifted eyes; uplifted arms.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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UPLIFT', verb transitive To raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm. It is chiefly used in the participle; as uplifted eyes; uplifted arms.
UPLIFT'ED, participle passive Raised high; lifted; elevated.
UPLOOK', verb transitive To look up. [Not in use.]
UP'MOST, adjective [up and most.] Highest; topmost. [Little used. We generally use uppermost.]
UPON', preposition1. Resting or being on the top or surface; as being upon a hill, or upon a rock; upon a field; upon a table; upon a river; upon the altar; upon the roof. He ha...
UP'PER, adjective [comparative from up.]1. Higher in place; as the upper lip; the upper side of a thing. An upper story is a higher one; the upper story is the highest. So the u...
UP'PERMOST, adjective [superlative; upper and most.]1. Highest in place; as the uppermost seats.2. Highest in power or authority.Whatever faction happens to be uppermost -3. Pre...
UPRA'ISE, verb transitive s as z. [up and raise.] To raise; to lift up.
UPRE'AR, verb transitive [up and rear.] To rear up; to raise.
UPRIGHT, adjective upri'te or up'rite. [up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the ...
UPRIGHTLY, adverb1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightlyHe that...
UPRIGHTNESS, noun1. Perpendicular erection.2. Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings.The truly upright man is inflex...
UPRI'SE, verb intransitive s as z. pret uprose; participle passive uprisen.1. To rise from bed or from a seat.Uprose the virgin with the morning light.2. To ascend above the hor...
UPRI'SING, participle present tense Rising; ascending.UPRI'SING, noun The act of rising.Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising Psalms 139:2.
UP'ROAR, nounGreat tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor.The Jews who believed not - set all the city in an uproar Acts 17:5.Horror thus prevail'd, and wild u...
UPROLL, verb transitive [up and roll.] To roll up.
UPROOT', verb transitive [up and root.] To root up; to tear up by the roots; as, to uproot the hills or trees.
UPROUSE, verb transitive uprouz. [up and rouse.] To rouse from sleep; to awake.
UPSET', verb transitive [up and set.] To overturn; to overthrow; to overset; as a carriage.
UP'SHOT, noun [up and shot.] Final issue; conclusion; end; as the upshot of the matter.Here is the upshot and result of all.Upside down, the upper part undermost. As a phrase, t...
UP'SPRING, noun [up and spring.] An upstart. [Not in use.]UPSPRING', verb intransitive To spring up. [Not in use.]
UPSTAND', verb intransitive To be erected. [Not used.]
UPST'ART, verb intransitive [up and start.] To start or spring up suddenly.UP'START, noun1. One that suddenly rises from low life to wealth, power or honor.2. Something that spr...
UPSTA'Y, verb transitive [up and stay.] To sustain; to support.
UPSWARM', verb transitive [See Swarm.] To raise in a swarm. [Not in use.]
UPTA'KE, verb transitive [up and take.] To take into the hand. [Not in use.]
UPTEAR, verb transitive [up and tear.] To tear up.