upbearing
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English upberinge, upberynge, equivalent to upbear + -ing.
Noun[edit]
upbearing (countable and uncountable, plural upbearings)
- A bearing up; support
- A surge or movement upward
- 1893, Waldo Selden Pratt, Arthur Lincoln Gillett, The Hartford Seminary Record, volume 3, page 149:
- One who is conscious of the strong upbearings and full onflowings of these mighty Scripture tides longs to see a keel that can reach and feel and indicate their presence and their strength.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English upberynge, upberande, equivalent to upbear + -ing.
Verb[edit]
upbearing
- present participle and gerund of upbear