uprear
[verb]
Synonyms: lift, elevate, hoist, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, build, construct, erect, put up, exalt, aggrandize, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, glorify, honor, magnify, sublime, rise, arise, ascend, aspire, mount, soar, up

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Antonyms: degrade
Contrasted words: bust, demote, downgrade

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

uprear verb. [ʌp'rɪǝ] ME.
[from UP- + REAR verb¹.]
1. verb trans. Raise up, elevate, erect. ME.
b. Raise in dignity, exalt. Long poet. LME.

2. verb trans. Bring up, tend in growing. Long rare. ME.

3. verb trans. Rouse, stir up, excite, (an emotion etc.). Now rare. L15.

4. verb intrans. Rise up. rare. E19.

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