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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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)

Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Having arranged her bouquet of all such tender plants as do now "upraise their loaded stems," she walks toward the library window, and, finding it open, steps in.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

They must also upraise the flag of the oneness of the world of humanity in the island of Madagascar.

From Tablets of the Divine Plan by `Abdu'l-Bahá

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

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