uprear

[uhp-reer] / ʌpˈrɪər /

VERB

erect

Synonyms

WEAK

assemble bring about cobble up compose construct create effect elevate fabricate fashion fit together forge form found frame fudge together heighten hoist initiate institute join knock together lift make make up manufacture mount organize pitch plant prefabricate produce put together put up raise rear run up set up shape stand stand up throw together throw up upraise

VERB

elevate

Synonyms

WEAK

boost erect fetch up heave heighten hike up hoist jack up levitate lift pick up poise pump put up pyramid raise ramp rear shoot up stilt take up tilt uphold uplift upraise

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Upon the ruins of our present immature civilization it will uprear a charming state of society.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

The mighty arms you raise appear Like trunks which elephants uprear, And as you move this mountain-king543 Is glorious with the light you bring.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Did Something uprear Itself out there in the black fog?

From The Thing from the Lake by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

"The Whisperer ... would try to uprear a new creed—his own."

From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax

You who did with anguish bear me, For the Church you did uprear me: Let your blessing with me dwell.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

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