[UP- 4. Cf. MSw. up-, opresa, -reesa (Sw. uppresa), MDa. uprese, oprese, opreise (Da. oprejse).]
† 1. trans. To raise from the dead. Obs.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 14363. Son oueral þis tiþand ras O lazar þat vpraisid was.
c. 1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 4325. He sal alswa dede men uprays.
1382. Wyclif, Matt. x. 8. Hele ȝe seke men, vpreyse ȝee dead men.
1533. Gau, Richt Vay, 29. He sal wpraisz agane al thayme to the euerlestand lyff.
2. † a. To raise by laudation; to extol. Obs.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 27584. We agh ilk man upraise, And in vr hert vrself dispraise.
1595. Spenser, 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.’
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xxxvi. 37 (E.). I saw þe wicked man … vpraised als cedre of Yban.
c. 1385. Chaucer, L. G. W., 1163, Dido. Whan that the mone vp reysed hadde his lyght.
1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, IX. 2351. Lik as Phebus passeth a litil sterre, Hiest vpreised in his mydday speere.
1563. Mirr. Mag., V iv. Dead laye his corps,… Tyll swellyng syghes … Upraysde his head.
1748. Thomson, Cast. Indol., II. lxvii. The sick up-rais’d their heads, and dropp’d their woes awhile.
1789. Wolcot (P. Pindar), Brother Peter, Wks. 1816, I. 380. This lord … uprais’d his convert chin.
1791. Cowper, Odyssey, IX. 624. Then pray’d the Cyclops … With hands upraised toward the starry heaven.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., II. 61. Cowslips,… upraise your loaded stems.
1830. Lyell, Princ. Geol., I. 458. Both these accounts … agree in expressly stating, that the sea retired, and one mentions that its bottom was upraised.
1874. Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. xcv. 5. He bade the isles upraise their heads.
fig. 1828. Atherstone, Fall of Nineveh, I. 118–9.
| But then the king | |
| Upraised her, smiling, and himself filled up, | |
| With ruby wine, a goblet to the brim. | |
| Ibid., 238. | |
| And 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.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, cxliv. 15. Lord vpraysis all þat fallis.
c. 1440. Wycliffite Bible, 1 Sam. ii. 8 (MS. Bodl. 277). He upreisiþ a nedy man fro poudre, and upreisiþ a pore man fro dritt.
1533. Gau, Richt Vay, 105. The vangel or ioiful tithandis … throw the quhilk he wesz wprasit in his hart.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, I. ii. O heauenly muse,… Inspire life in my wit, my thoughts vpraise.
1610. Fletcher, Faithf. Sheph., V. i. Once again upraise Her heavy Spirit that near drowned lyes In self consuming care.
1667. Milton, P. L., X. 946. He … thus with peaceful words uprais’d her soon.
1723. Briton, No. 18 (1724), 76. It help’d the Distressed, uprais’d the Heavy-hearted.
1746. Francis, trans. Hor., Sat., II. viii. 80. Sure he had wept,… But wise Nomentane thus up-rais’d his Friend.
1809–14. Wordsw., Excurs., IV. 574. Furnished thus, How can you droop, if willing to be upraised?
1818. Milman, Samor, VII. 409. Oh, Monarch,… to repentant deeds of mightiest fame Heaven can upraise the farthest sunken.
1850. Blackie, Æschylus, II. 120. They with Mercy’s vote upraised us From the prostrate woe.
d. To excite, rouse. rare.
a. 1600. Flodden F., iv. (1664), 40. Their courage keen now was uprais’d.
1667. Milton, P. L., II. 372. This would … our Joy upraise In his disturbance.
3. To erect, set up, build.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 78. Þe kastelle of Bamborgh þe walles he did vpreise.
c. 1400. Laud Troy Bk., 4658. Thei ran alle … To sette vp tentis, Pauylons to bylde;… Many a tent was ther vp-reysed.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XI. vi. 47. That sammyn douchty hand … Quhilk now … Vprasit hes the cite Argyripas.
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 26. Romulus … towne wals statelye shal vpraise … Of Rome.
