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▪ I. ˈupraise, n. U.S. Mining.
[up- 2.]
A shaft made by working upwards.
1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 158 A drift..has been run through the..ground, and an upraise commenced. 1882U.S. Rep. Prec. Met. 98 At the end of this [tunnel] they are pushing an upraise, finding the rock a little softer as they go up.
▪ II. upˈraise, v.
[up- 4. Cf. MSw. up-, opresa, -reesa (Sw. uppresa), MDa. uprese, oprese, opreise (Da. oprejse).]
†1. trans. To raise from the dead. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 14363 Son oueral þis tiþand ras O lazar þat vpraisid was. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 4325 He sal alswa dede men uprays. 1382Wyclif Matt. x. 8 Hele ȝe seke men, vpreyse ȝee dead men. 1533Gau Richt Vay 29 He sal wpraisz agane al thayme to the euerlestand lyff.
2.
†a. To raise by laudation; to extol. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 27584 We agh ilk man upraise, And in vr hert vrself dispraise. 1595Spenser Col. Clout 355 By wondring at thy Cynthiaes praise,..thy selfe thou mak'st vs more to wonder, And her vpraising, doest thy selfe vpraise.
b. To raise (or direct) to a higher level; to lift up or elevate; fig. to exalt.
In the 19th c. the pa. pple. after the noun is common, as ‘with hand upraised’.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 37 (E.), I saw þe wicked man..vpraised als cedre of Yban. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1163 Dido, Whan that the mone vp reysed hadde his lyght. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas ix. 2351 Lik as Phebus passeth a litil sterre, Hiest vpreised in his mydday speere. 1563Mirr. Mag. V iv, Dead laye his corps,..Tyil swellyng syghes..Upraysde his head. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. lxvii, The sick up-rais'd their heads, and dropp'd their woes awhile. 1788Wolcot (P. Pindar) Brother Peter Wks. 1816 I. 380 This lord..uprais'd his convert chin. 1791Cowper Odyssey ix. 624 Then pray'd the Cyclops..With hands upraised toward the starry heaven. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 61 Cowslips,..upraise your loaded stems. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 458 Both these accounts..agree in expressly stating, that the sea retired, and one mentions that its bottom was upraised. 1874Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xcv. 5 He bade the isles upraise their heads.
fig.1828Atherstone Fall of Nineveh I. 238 The fire⁓eyed priest Upraised his voice, and called upon the Gods.
c. To raise from a prostrate, low, or dejected state; to assist, encourage, or cheer.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxliv. 15 Lord vpraysis all þat fallis. c1440Wycliffite Bible 1 Sam. ii. 8 (MS. Bodl. 277), He upreisiþ a nedy man fro poudre, and upreisiþ a pore man fro dritt. 1533Gau Richt Vay 105 The vangel or ioiful tithandis..throw the quhilk he wesz wprasit in his hart. 1600Fairfax Tasso i. ii, O heauenly muse,..Inspire life in my wit, my thoughts vpraise. 1610Fletcher Faithf. Sheph. v. i, Once again upraise Her heavy Spirit that near drowned lyes In self consuming care. 1667Milton P.L. x. 946 He..thus with peaceful words uprais'd her soon. 1723Briton No. 18 (1724) 76 It help'd the Distressed, uprais'd the Heavy⁓hearted. 1746Francis tr. Hor., Sat. ii. viii. 80 Sure he had wept,..But wise Nomentane thus up-rais'd his Friend. 1809–14Wordsw. Excurs. iv. 574 Furnished thus, How can you droop, if willing to be upraised? 1818Milman Samor vii. 409 Oh, Monarch,..to repentant deeds of mightiest fame Heaven can upraise the farthest sunken. 1850Blackie æschylus II. 120 They with Mercy's vote upraised us From the prostrate woe.
d. To excite, rouse. rare.
a1600Flodden F. iv. (1664) 40 Their courage keen now was uprais'd. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 372 This would..our Joy upraise In his disturbance.
3. To erect, set up, build.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 78 Þe kastelle of Bamborgh þe walles he did vpreise. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 4658 Thei ran alle..To sette vp tentis, Pauylons to bylde;..Many a tent was ther vp-reysed. 1513Douglas æneid xi. vi. 47 That sammyn douchty hand..Quhilk now..Vprasit hes the cite Argyripas. 1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 26 Romulus..towne wals statelye shal vpraise..Of Rome. |