upraise
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Definition
- Verb:
- To lift or raise something upward: The primary meaning is to cause something to move to a higher position, often with a sense of effort or elevation.
- To resurrect or bring back to life: In a figurative or literal sense, to restore to life or vitality.
Usage
- The verb "upraise" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (e.g., upraise something).
- It is a formal and somewhat literary word, less common in everyday speech than synonyms like "raise" or "lift."
- It often conveys a sense of effort, ceremony, or significant change in state.
Examples
- Literal lifting:
- The workers upraised the heavy beam into place.
- She upraised her hands in a gesture of surrender.
- Figurative resurrection/revival:
- The leader's speech sought to upraise the hopes of the nation.
- They believed the ancient ritual could upraise the spirit of their ancestor.
Advanced Usage
- "Upraise" in a metaphorical context: Often used to describe reviving abstract concepts like hopes, spirits, or movements.
- The new evidence could upraise doubts about the verdict.
- Used in poetic or rhetorical language to add dramatic weight.
- The sun upraised its golden head above the horizon.
Variants and Related Words
- Uprear (verb): A near-synonym meaning to lift up or rear up. It is even more archaic.
- Upraised (adjective): Describing something in a lifted position.
- He stood with upraised arms.
Synonyms
- Raise: To lift or move to a higher position.
- Lift: To elevate from a lower to a higher level.
- Elevate: To raise to a more important or impressive level.
- Resurrect: To restore to life; to bring back into use or attention.
Antonyms
- Lower: To move something down.
- Drop: To let or make something fall.
- Suppress: To put an end to something by force.
Phrasal Verbs
Related Idioms
Verb
- cause to become alive again
- raise from the dead
- Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
- Upraising ghosts