upraise

[uhp-reyz] / ʌpˈreɪz /

VERB

erect; construct

Synonyms

STRONG

assemble compose construct create effect elevate fabricate fashion forge form found frame heighten hoist initiate institute join lift make manufacture mount organize pitch plant prefabricate produce raise rear shape stand

WEAK

bring about cobble up fit together fudge together knock together make up put together put up run up set up stand up throw together throw up uprear

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon break conclude decrease demolish demote depress destroy disarrange disorder disorganize disperse distress divide drop end fail fall finish halt ignore lessen lower neglect prevent raze refuse ruin scatter separate stop upset veto

VERB

elevate; raise up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elevate

STRONG

boost cock erect heave heighten hoist levitate lift poise pump pyramid raise ramp rear tilt uphold uplift

WEAK

fetch up hike up jack up pick up put up shoot up stilt take up uprear

Antonyms

STRONG

abandon decrease depress destroy drop fall lower neglect raze weaken

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Down with the rosemary and bays, Down with the mistletoe; Instead of holly, now upraise The greener box for show.

From In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)

Striving ever to upraise the veil that hides man from himself, in the effort I have been misapprehended, my motives impugned, and my reward has been poverty, slander, disgrace.

From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly

It will upraise the standard of the oneness of humanity.

From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)

Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays Now divers birds are heard to sing, And sundry flowers their heads upraise, Hail to the coming on of Spring!

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

Also ye of the bow and the buskin, praised be your peer,5 Now, henceforth and forever—O latest to whom I upraise Hand and heart and voice!

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

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