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upˈbear, v.
[up- 4 + bear v.1 18, 21. Cf. MSw. upbära (Sw. uppbära), MDa. upbære. Freq. in pa. pple. upborne: see up- 5.]
1. trans. To bear up, support, sustain; also, to lift up, raise.
a1300Cursor M. 7258 Þe post þat al þat huse vpbare Wit bath his handes he it scok. 13..K. Alis. 5163 Swiþe wiȝtlych hij..swymme, Of þe water þat hij were inne Vpberande faire chynne. 1390Gower Conf. III. 296 He that alle thing mai kepe..broghte him sauf upon a table, Which to the lond him hath upbore. c1440Promp. Parv. 508/1 Vbberyn, or vpberyn, supporto. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1632 A thourtour bande, that all the drawcht wpbar, He cuttyt it. a1550Lyndesay Syde Taillis 23 Thocht thare Rob Royallis be vpborne, I think [etc.]. 1582Stanyhurst æneis, etc. (Arb.) 136 Earst the flud, vpbearing thee ship, now the cartwheele vpholdeth. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 43 Many great golden pillours did vpbeare The massy roofe. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 408 Who shall..spread his aerie flight Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt. 1725Pope Odyssey v. 542 A monst'rous wave up-bore The Chief. 1784Cowper Task i. 20 Joint-stools were then created; on three legs Upborne they stood. 1831E. Irving Exp. Rev. I. 60 Upbearing His person as Aaron and Hurr upbore the hands of Moses. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 352 A chief's gold ring his left arm did upbear. 1891Atkinson Moorland Par. 64 Slabs of stone of sufficient solidity to upbear any loaded vehicle.
2. fig. To support or sustain; to exalt.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxxvii. 76 He ches Dauyd, hyne hisse; And vp-bare him all with blisse. Ibid. cxxx. 1 Vphouen es noght mi hert, Ne vpborn er mine eghen in quert. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7159 He..loueþ alle þat sothfast es; Alle godenes he vp berep. c1384Chaucer H. Fame 818 Euerych ayre other stereth More and more, and speche vp⁓bereth. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 4424, I wil,..vp-born with support of ȝour grace, Forþe a-complische, as I vndertook. a1586Sidney Ps. xxx. ii, I..was from ev'l by thee upborne. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 65 Food, and sleepe, which two vpbeare, Like mightie pillours, this fraile life of man. 1630Drummond of Hawthornden Flowres Sion viii, A Virgine Maide A weakling did him beare, who all vpbeares. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. ix. 248 A..proof of the intrinsic power of Christianity, upbearing so ponderous a mass of error. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 325 His own language rarely rises above it, except when it is upborn by the thought. |