upbear

English

Etymology

From Middle English upberen, equivalent to up- +‎ bear.

Verb

upbear (third-person singular simple present upbears, present participle upbearing, simple past upbore, past participle upborne or (archaic, poetic) upbore)

1. (dated, transitive) To hold up; raise aloft; hold or sustain high
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     One short sigh of breath, upborne
     Even to the seat of God.

   • 1725–1726, Homer, “Book 5”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     A monstrous wave up-bore the chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore.

Anagrams

• bear up