upraise

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verb

To raise something up; to elevate.

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Meanings

verbupraise (third-person singular simple present upraises, present participle upraising, simple past and past participle upraised)

present singular third person upraises · participle present upraising · participle past upraised · past upraised

  1. archaicTo raise something up; to elevate.

    So fell those two in spight of both their prydes, / But Scudamour himselfe did soone vprayse, / And mounting light his foe for lying long vpbrayes.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i
  2. archaicTo move something upright; to erect.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to become alive again

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resurrectraiseriseuprise
Broader
resuscitaterevive
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raiseresurrectriseuprise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From up- + raise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with upraise

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Anagrams

PiraeusSuperiaspuriaeRuepisaPerusia
Cite this entry
APA

upraise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upraise

MLA

“upraise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upraise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upraise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upraise.

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