upheave
English
Etymology
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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”).
Verb
upheave (third-person singular simple present upheaves, present participle upheaving, simple past upheaved or uphove, past participle upheaved or uphoven)
- (transitive) To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
- (transitive) To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
- (intransitive) To be lifted up; rise.
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