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upˈdraw, v.
[up- 4. Cf. (M)Du. opdragen, MLG. updragen, -dregen, LG. updragen, MHG. ûftragen (G. auf-), MSw. updragha (Sw. uppdraga), (M)Da. opdrage.]
†1. trans. To pull out of the ground. Also fig.
c1290Holy Rood 165 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 6 He ne miȝte nouȝt aboute þe eorþe swinke, ne þe weodes up drawe. a1300Cursor M. 6330 Bot moyses..þaa wandes durst he noght vp-drau [Fairf. vpdragh]. 13..K. Alis. 2633 (Laud MS.), In þe grounde it stiked fast,..non ne miȝt it vp-drawe. c1449Pecock Repr. i. ii. 8 Forto meete aȝens the firste bifore spoken opinioun, and forto vnroote and vpdrawe it.
2. To draw up to a height or from a lower place; also, to draw (a bow) to the full.
c1300Havelok 932 He kam to þe welle, water vp-drow. 13..Seuyn Sages (W.) 2682 Ich wil fol fawe Heghe him honge and vpdrawe. 1390Gower Conf. II. 295 Bardus with his Asse anon Him hath updrawe [sc. out of a pit]. c1440Bone Flor. 532 Ye schoulde..close the yatys, and the brygges up drawe. 1508Dunbar Flyting 90 Thow saw the saill abuif my heid vpdraw. 1600Fairfax Tasso xx. lxiii, Three times her angrie hand the bow vp drew. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 874 She..Forthwith the huge Portcullis high up drew. 1791Cowper Iliad i. 597 Their galley they up⁓drew..From the rude surge remote. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake, Glen-Airn xxviii, Dawning in the air updrew From many a..hill, Her folding robe of fairy blue.
b. fig. To bring up before the mind.
1828Tennyson Lover's T. i. 634 If so be that the echo of that name..had updrawn..a phantasm of the form.
†3. To bring up, to rear. Obs.—1
1390Gower Conf. I. 186 A knyht, whom fro childhode He hadde updrawe into manhode. |