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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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

Millions of dollars of gold have been extracted from its bed, and millions more await the tunnel, upraise, and drift of the adventurous miner.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

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

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Reader, your soul upraise to see, In yon fair cut designed by me, The pauper by the highwayside Vainly soliciting from pride.

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

But only when thine honour shall demand, Or injured right, upraise thy martial hand.

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

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