upliftˈ transitive verb (pap upliftˈed or (archaic) upliftˈ)

1. To lift up, raise
2. To elevate
3. To raise to a higher moral or spiritual level
4. To elate
5. To collect (eg a parcel or passenger) (Scot, NZ)
6. Draw (money) (Scot)
7. To increase (eg an interim dividend) (commerce)

1. A lifting up, raising
2. Upheaval
3. Elevation, esp moral or spiritual, or the feeling of it
4. An increase or mark-up (commerce)

1. (of a brassière) designed to raise the breasts higher
2. Providing uplift, eg of a moral or spiritual kind

upliftˈer noun

upliftˈing noun and adjective

upliftˈingly adverb