upraise

verb — 2 senses

upraise

verb

Etymology From up- + raise.

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.

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