upheave

Meaning

  1. To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
  2. To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
  3. To be lifted up; rise.

Etymology

In summary

From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūphebban, ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).

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