uplifted

Verb

uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)

1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
   • Whether you find it by your power as a man, or because, being near the gods, a god has whispered you. Uplift our State; think upon your fame; your coming brought us luck, be lucky to us still, remember that it is better to rule over men than over a waste place, since neither walled town nor ship is...1928, W[illiam] B[utler] Yeats, Sophocles’ King Oedipus: A Version of the Modern Stage, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   dignify, elevate, enlighten, enrich, lift, advance, aggrandize, ennoble, exalt, honor

   1. To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
      • —genetically uplifted the ancestors of the saurs, and culturally—at least—uplifted the kraken. We are used to thinking of these species as wise and ancient, which indeed they are, but the octopods are their 'Elder Race.'2003, Ken MacLeod, Engine City, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 79
2. To aggravate; to increase.
   • A man who abused a Police Community Support Officer for being transgender has received an uplifted sentence at Mold Magistrates' Court... At Court the prosecutor applied for the sentence for the public order offence to be uplifted to reflect the hate crime aspect. This resulted in the Court...2020 January 29, “Transphobic hate crime results in increased sentence for Mold teenager”, in Crown Prosecution Service, London: Crown Prosecution Service, retrieved 30 Jan 2020

   Synonyms:

   exacerbate, worsen, adulterate, aggravate, alloy, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch

3. To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
4. (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
   • In an affidavit supporting an application for a court order to uplift the child, a social worker said there were ongoing family violence issues between the baby's mother and father.2019 May 9, “Taken by the state: Don't take my baby”, in Stuff
5. (Australia, transitive) To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession.

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