verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To raise something up; to rise up; to erect ambitransitive

   "With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

aggrandizeariseascendaspireboostbristle

Example

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"With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English upreren, equivalent to up- + rear.

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