vbl. sb. [UP- 7. Cf. UPBEAR v.] The action of carrying, raising, taking or holding up; support, sustaining.

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a. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, cxxx. 1. Vpberyng of een withouten is signe of pryde.

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a. 1400.  Prymer (1891), 23. Wonderful been the upberynges of the se.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 512/2. Vpberynge, supportacio.

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1501.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., II. 114. The chekker … passit to Schir Adam Crechtonis hous, for upbering of the rollis.

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1513.  Jas. IV., Lett., in Hall, Chron., Hen. VIII. (1548), 39. The greate wronges … quhilk we haue suffred this long time in vpberyng, maynsweryng, nounredressyng of Attemptates.

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1876.  Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., V. 48. A most fitting accompaniment to the upbearing of the ark.

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1885.  19th Cent., June, 967. The patient upbearing against hardship.

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