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[UP- 4. Cf. MSw. up-, opresa, -reesa (Sw. uppresa), MDa. uprese, oprese, opreise (Da. oprejse).]
1. trans. To raise from the dead. Obs.
a1300 Cursor M. 14363 Son oueral
is tiand ras O lazar
at vpraisid was.
c1340 HAMPOLE Pr. Consc. 4325 He sal alswa dede men uprays.
1382 WYCLIF Matt. x. 8 Hele
e seke men, vpreyse
ee dead men.
1533 GAU Richt Vay 29 He sal wpraisz agane al thayme to the euerlestand lyff.
2. a. To raise by laudation; to extol. Obs.
a1300 Cursor M. 27584 We agh ilk man upraise, And in vr hert vrself dispraise.
1595 SPENSER Col. Clout 355 By wondring at thy Cynthiaes praise,..thy selfe thou mak'st vs more to wonder, And her vpraising, doest thy selfe vpraise.
b. To raise (or direct) to a higher level; to lift up or elevate; fig. to exalt.
In the 19th c. the pa. pple. after the noun is common, as ‘with hand upraised’.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 37 (E.), I saw
e wicked man..vpraised als cedre of Yban.
c1385 CHAUCER L.G.W. 1163
Dido, Whan that the mone vp reysed hadde his lyght.
1430-40 LYDG. Bochas IX. 2351 Lik as Phebus passeth a litil sterre, Hiest vpreised in his mydday speere.
1563 Mirr. Mag. Viv, Dead laye his corps,..Tyil swellyng syghes..Upraysde his head.
1748 THOMSON Cast. Indol. II. lxvii, The sick up-rais'd their heads, and dropp'd their woes awhile.
1788 WOLCOT (P. Pindar)
Brother Peter Wks. 1816 I. 380 This lord..uprais'd his convert chin.
1791 COWPER Odyssey IX. 624 Then pray'd the Cyclops..With hands upraised toward the starry heaven.
1821 CLARE Vill. Minstr. II. 61 Cowslips,..upraise your loaded stems.
1830 LYELL Princ. Geol. I. 458 Both these accounts..agree in expressly stating, that the sea retired, and one mentions that its bottom was upraised.
1874 SPURGEON Treas. Dav. Ps. xcv. 5 He bade the isles upraise their heads.
fig. 1828 ATHERSTONE Fall of Nineveh I. 238 The fire~eyed priest Upraised his voice, and called upon the Gods.
c. To raise from a prostrate, low, or dejected state; to assist, encourage, or cheer.
a1340 HAMPOLE Psalter cxliv. 15 Lord vpraysis all
at fallis.
c1440 Wycliffite Bible 1 Sam. ii. 8 (MS. Bodl. 277), He
upreisi a nedy man fro poudre, and
upreisi a pore man fro dritt.
1533 GAU Richt Vay 105 The vangel or ioiful tithandis..throw the quhilk he wesz wprasit in his hart.
1600 FAIRFAX Tasso I. ii, O heauenly muse,..Inspire life in my wit, my thoughts vpraise.
1610 FLETCHER Faithf. Sheph. V. i, Once again upraise Her heavy Spirit that near drowned lyes In self consuming care.
1667 MILTON P.L. x. 946 He..thus with peaceful words uprais'd her soon.
1723 Briton No. 18 (1724) 76 It help'd the Distressed, uprais'd the Heavy~hearted.
1746 FRANCIS tr.
Hor., Sat. II. viii. 80 Sure he had wept,..But wise Nomentane thus up-rais'd his Friend.
1809-14 WORDSW. Excurs. IV. 574 Furnished thus, How can you droop, if willing to be upraised?
1818 MILMAN Samor VII. 409 Oh, Monarch,..to repentant deeds of mightiest fame Heaven can upraise the farthest sunken.
1850 BLACKIE Æschylus II 120 They with Mercy's vote upraised us From the prostrate woe.
d. To excite, rouse. rare.
a1600 Flodden F. iv. (1664) 40 Their courage keen now was uprais'd.
1667 MILTON P.L. II. 372 This would..our Joy upraise In his disturbance.
3. To erect, set up, build.
1338 R. BRUNNE Chron. (1810) 78
e kastelle of Bamborgh
e walles he did vpreise.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 4658 Thei ran alle..To sette vp tentis, Pauylons to bylde;..Many a tent was ther vp-reysed.
1513 DOUGLAS Æneid XI. vi. 47 That sammyn douchty hand..Quhilk now..Vprasit hes the cite Argyripas.
1582 STANYHURST Æneis I. (Arb.) 26 Romulus..towne wals statelye shal vpraise..Of Rome.
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