uplift
/ʌpˈlɪft/ verb C2- To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual, or emotional level.
- To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
- To aggravate; to increase.
- To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
- To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
- To backport.
- To pick up; take possession of.
He/she/it uplifts · Past uplifted · Past participle uplifted · -ing form uplifting
Verb forms
- Base form
- uplift
- He/she/it
- uplifts
- Past
- uplifted
- Past participle
- uplifted
- -ing form
- uplifting
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One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin.
The warning seemed not unnecessary, so uplifted and aerial was Anne’s expression and attitude as she sprang to her feet, her face irradiated with the flame of her spirit.
I’m to be Hope, with my hands clasped--so--and my eyes uplifted.
A lump came into her throat, and she hastily retired behind the pages of her uplifted Latin grammar to hide the tears in her eyes.
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