upraise

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ raise.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪz

Verb

upraise (third-person singular simple present upraises, present participle upraising, simple past and past participle upraised)

1. (archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:

     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.

2. (archaic) To move something upright; to erect.

Anagrams

• Perusia, Piraeus, Piræus, raise up, spuriae