uprear

uprear
Synonyms and related words:
aggrandize, arise, ascend, aspire, boost, bristle, buoy up, cast up, cock up, construct, dignify, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, erect, escalate, get up, glorify, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, honor, jerk up, jump up, knock up, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, magnify, mount, perk up, pick up, pitch, put up, raise, raise aloft, raise up, ramp, rear, rear aloft, rear up, rise, rise up, set up, sit bolt upright, sit up, sky, soar, stand up, stand upright, stick up, sublime, take up, throw up, up, upbuoy, upcast, upend, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, upright, uprise, upthrow

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  • Uprear — Up*rear , v. t. To raise; to erect. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uprear — [uprir′] vt. 1. to lift up 2. to erect; build 3. to elevate in dignity; exalt 4. to bring up; rear vi. to rise up …   English World dictionary

  • uprear — /up rear /, v.t. 1. to raise up; lift: The horse upreared its head and whinnied. 2. to build; erect: to uprear a monument in stone. 3. to elevate the dignity of; exalt: God upreared Abraham by making him the father of many nations. 4. to bring… …   Universalium

  • uprear — Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to lift up 2. erect intransitive verb rise …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • uprear — verb to raise something up; to rise up; to erect …   Wiktionary

  • uprear — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To raise upright: erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear2, set up, upraise. See HORIZONTAL, RISE. 2. To move (something) to a higher position: . boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear2, take up, uphold …   English dictionary for students

  • uprear — v. a. Ps. cxliv. 14 …   Oldest English Words

  • uprear — v. lift up, raise up; be raised …   English contemporary dictionary

  • uprear — up•rear [[t]ʌpˈrɪər[/t]] v. t. 1) to raise up; lift 2) to build; erect 3) to elevate the dignity of; exalt 4) to bring up 5) to rise • Etymology: 1250–1300 …   From formal English to slang

  • uprear — /ʌpˈrɪə/ (say up rear) verb (t) to rear up; raise. {up + rear2} …  

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