v. [UP- 4. Cf. (M)Du. opdragen, MLG. updragen, -dregen, LG. updragen, MHG. ûftragen (G. auf-), MSw. updragha (Sw. uppdraga), (M)Da. opdrage.]
† 1. trans. To pull out of the ground. Also fig.
c. 1290. Holy Rood, 165, in S. Eng. Leg., I. 6. He ne miȝte nouȝt aboute þe eorþe swinke, ne þe weodes up drawe.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 6330. Bot moyses … þaa wandes durst he noght vp-drau [Fairf. vpdragh].
13[?]. K. Alis., 2633 (Laud MS.). In þe grounde it stiked fast,… non ne miȝt it vp-drawe.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., I. ii. 8. Forto meete aȝens the firste bifore spoken opinioun, and forto vnroote and vpdrawe it.
2. To draw up to a height or from a lower place; also, to draw (a bow) to the full.
c. 1300. Havelok, 932. He kam to þe welle, water vp-drow.
13[?]. Seuyn Sages (W.), 2682. Ich wil fol fawe Heghe him honge and vpdrawe.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 295. Bardus with his Asse anon Him hath updrawe [sc. out of a pit].
c. 1440. Bone Flor., 532. Ye schoulde … close the yatys, and the brygges up drawe.
1508. Dunbar, Flyting, 90. Thow saw the saill abuif my heid vpdraw.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XX. lxiii. Three times her angrie hand the bow vp drew.
1667. Milton, P. L., II. 874. She … Forthwith the huge Portcullis high up drew.
1791. Cowper, Iliad, I. 597. Their galley they updrew … From the rude surge remote.
1813. Hogg, Queen’s Wake, Glen-Airn, xxviii. Dawning in the air updrew From many a … hill, Her folding robe of fairy blue.
b. fig. To bring up before the mind.
1828. Tennyson, Lover’s Tale, I. 634. If so be that the echo of that name … had updrawn … a phantasm of the form.
† 3. To bring up, to rear. Obs.–1
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 186. A knyht, whom fro childhode He hadde updrawe into manhode.
