Upheave

verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft. transitive
  2. 2
    lift forcefully from beneath wordnet
  3. 3
    To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward. transitive
  4. 4
    To be lifted up; rise. intransitive

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ariseascendboostbring to ruinbristlebuoy up

Etymology

From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).

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