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Webster 1913 Edition

Upheave

Up-heave′

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Verb.
T.
To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Upheave

UPHE'AVE

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Verb.
T.
To heave or lift up.

Definition 2024

upheave

upheave

English

Verb

upheave ‎(third-person singular simple present upheaves, present participle upheaving, simple past upheaved or uphove, past participle upheaved or uphoven)

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

Derived terms

Etymology

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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