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upraising

upraising is the present participle and gerund of upraise.

Meaning of upraise

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.
    • 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.

Noun

upraising (plural upraisings)

  1. A raising upward.

Forms of upraising

pluralupraisings

Questions about upraising

What does upraising mean?
Upraising means a raising upward.
What is upraising the present participle and gerund of?
Upraising is the present participle and gerund of upraise.
What part of speech is upraising?
Upraising is a noun.
What is the plural of upraising?
The plural of upraising is upraisings.

Words near upraising in the dictionary

  1. upraiser
  2. upraisers
  3. upraises
  4. upraisest
  5. upraiseth
  6. upraising
  7. upraisings
  8. upran
  9. uprank
  10. upranked
  11. upranking

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