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upraise

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up·raise  (p-rz)
tr.v. up·raised, up·rais·ing, up·rais·es
To raise or lift up; elevate.

upraise [ʌpˈreɪz]
vb (tr)
1. Chiefly literary to lift up; elevate
2. Archaic to praise; exalt
upraiser  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.upraiseupraise - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
resuscitate, revive - cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man"
resurrect, uprise, rise - return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
Translations
upraise [ʌpˈreɪz] VTlevantar
with arm upraisedcon el brazo levantado


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No dirge will I upraise, "But waft the angel on her flight with a Paean of old days
This would surpass Common revenge, and interrupt his joy In our Confusion, and our Joy upraise In his disturbance; when his darling Sons Hurl'd headlong to partake with us, shall curse Thir frail Originals, and faded bliss, Faded so soon.
I pressed it, and, satisfied with the discovery, forbore to upraise the sash.
 
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