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upˈlifted, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[up- 5. Cf. uplift v. and pa. pple.]
1. Raised, elevated, held up; also fig., exalted in estate.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 37 Vphouen I saw þe wicked man And lifted [H. uplifted; L. elevatum] als cedre of Yban. Ibid. lxxxvii. 16, I am up-lifted [L. exaltatus], I am meked. c1410Lanterne of Liȝt 129, I haue sen þe vnpitiuouse..enhaunsid & vplifted as þe cedre trees of Liban. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. ii. 50 The banish'd Bullingbrocke..with vp-lifted Armes is safe arriu'd At Rauenspurg. 1630Milton At a Solemn Music 11 Where the bright Seraphim..Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow. 1667― P.L. i. 347 Th' uplifted Spear Of their great Sultan waving to direct Thir course. 1725Pope Odyss. ii. 424 The matron with uplifted eyes Attests th' all-seeing Sovereign of the skies. 1748Richardson Clarissa VII. 125 This dame in effigie, with uplifted head and hand. 1822Scott Nigel xiv, ‘Now, Heaven bless you, my lord,’ said Richie Moniplies, with uplifted eyes. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 225 These table-lands..are the uplifted beds of an ancient ocean. 1887Bowen æneid iv. 246 The uplifted crest and the proud Slopes of the age-worn Atlas.
fig.1595Spenser Col. Clout 816 So we him adore With humble hearts to heauen vplifted hie. 1805Wordsw. Prelude v. 226 Yet I..will pour out Thanks with uplifted heart.
b. Exalted in fame; renowned.
1596Spenser F.Q. vi. Prol. vi, Yet so from low to high vplifted is your name. 1885Tennyson Balin & Balan 491 A name..Which our high Lancelot hath so lifted up, And been thereby uplifted.
2. Elevated intellectually, morally, or spiritually.
c1454Pecock Folewer 15 Þe more a man..takiþ into him of kunnyng, þe more is his resoun vp liftid. 1548Geste Pr. Masse H ij b, With our myndes eleuate and vplifted. 1818Shelley Eugan. Hills 360 The winds whose wings rain balm On the uplifted soul. 1839Bailey Festus 46 Are they not worthy of a deathless state; A boundless scope; a high uplifted life? 1890J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 116 Ye gladdened and uplifted ones, come ye aside also awhile with Jesus.
3. Elated; rendered proud. Now Sc. and north. dial.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 175 Or that perswasion could but thus conuince me,..How were I then vp-lifted. 1747Mem. Nutrebian Crt. II. 82 Maillan, excessively up-lifted with the imagined advancement of his daughter. 1823Scott Quentin D. xvi, He said, that..they were uplifted in heart because of their wealth and their privileges. 1897W. Beatty Secretar xli, Being so uplifted at the part I was like to play.
4. Raised in utterance.
1828Atherstone Fall of Nineveh I. 114 Them..with proud uplifted voice, Thus Azareel bespake. 1863M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd xiii, Did the unlucky speculators..hide themselves while the uplifted voices were rejoicing?
Hence upˈliftedness.
1893Scribner's Mag. Sept. 387/1, I hate the coldness and upliftedness of religion. |