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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

upraise en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + raise.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.
    • So fell those two in spight of both their prydes, / But Scudamour himselfe did soone vprayse, / And mounting light his foe for lying long vpbrayes. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
  2. (archaic) To move something upright; to erect.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
upraised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
upraised Tense=Past lexicographic
upraises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
upraising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

upraiser