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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

Example Sentences

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Ay, but when our trust Totters, and faith is shattered to the base, Grand words will not uprear it.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

Fire-eyed Valour, guard the land; Here uprear thy fearless crest; Princess, Kate, Alice, &c.

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Ye others round him straight the turf uprear; As for our sires was done of yore, An oblong square delve ye once more.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno

Here falls a cold rill drop by drop, and green grass-blades uprear Their heads, and fallen leaves are thick, and locusts prattle here.

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus

The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise.

From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.