upraise
/ʌpˈreɪz
/verb [with object]
Raise (something) to a higher level: (as adjective upraised) an upraised arm...
- His hands were upraised but when she blinked he was gone.
- Her hands were upraised, as if trying to give someone something.
- Half-kneeling, she pressed her fist into the ground, then defiantly upraised it.
