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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Uplifting

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate;

as, to

uplift

the arm; to

uplift

a rock

Cowper.

Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head

uplift

above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed.

Milton.

Noun.

(Geol.)

A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.

Verb.

To raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm. It is chiefly used in the participle; as uplifted eyes; uplifted arms.