UPRAISE

resurrect, raise, upraise

(verb) cause to become alive again; “raise from the dead”; “Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected”; “Upraising ghosts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(archaic) To raise something up; to elevate.

(archaic) To move something upright; to erect.

Anagrams

• Perusia, Piraeus, Piræus, raise up, spuriae

Source: Wiktionary


Up*raise", v. t.

Definition: To raise; to lift up.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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