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upraised

upraised adjective: lifted, raised, held high. Also the simple past and past participle of upraise.

Adjective

upraised (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, nonstandard) Lifted, raised, held high.
    • He stood there, with upraised glass, waiting for others to join him in a toast; holding the glass as though it were his upraised sword, challenging others to show disprespect to one he honored.
    • Not all of them, by no means anywhere close to all of them, just the most notable blockheads among them—three altogether, two freshmen and one sophomore, all of whom were among the first to be expelled the next day — masturbated into pairs of stolen panties, masturbated just about as quickly as you...2008, Philip Roth, Indignation

Also used as

upraised is also the simple past and past participle of upraise.

Questions about upraised

What does upraised mean?
Upraised means lifted, raised, held high.
What part of speech is upraised?
Upraised is an adjective.

Words near upraised in the dictionary

  1. upquivers
  2. UPR
  3. upraisal
  4. upraisals
  5. upraise
  6. upraised
  7. upraiser
  8. upraisers
  9. upraises
  10. upraisest
  11. upraiseth

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