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uplift

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up·lift  (p-lft)
tr.v. up·lift·ed, up·lift·ing, up·lifts
1. To raise; elevate.
2. To raise to a higher social, intellectual, or moral level or condition.
3. To raise to spiritual or emotional heights; exalt: music that uplifts the spirit.
adj. (plft)
Uplifted.
n. (plft)
1. The act, process, or result of raising or lifting up.
2. An effort or a movement to improve social, moral, or intellectual standards.
3. Geology An upheaval.

uplift
Verb
1. to raise or lift up
2. to raise morally or spiritually
3. Scot to collect or pick up
Noun
the act or process of bettering moral, social, or cultural conditions
Adjective
(of a bra) designed to lift and support the breasts
uplifting adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.upliftuplift - (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
2.upliftuplift - a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
bandeau, bra, brassiere - an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
Verb1.upliftuplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
beatify - make blessedly happy
puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink, exalt, thrill - fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
2.upliftuplift - lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
3.uplift - lift up or elevate
push up - push upward

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It is no good for quakers, or any other body of men, to uplift their voices against fighting.
From the intimate and complicated manner in which the elevatory and eruptive forces were shown to be connected during this train of phenomena, we may confidently come to the conclusion, that the forces which slowly and by little starts uplift continents, and those which at successive periods pour forth volcanic matter from open orifices, are identical.
Happy the boys and girls who tell all things freely to father or mother, sure of pity, help, and pardon; and thrice happy the parents who, out of their own experience, and by their own virtues, can teach and uplift the souls for which they are responsible.
 
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