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Uplift

noun

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building). Synonyms: upheaval, upthrow, upthrust.

A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts.

verb

(past & past part. uplifting)

Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. Synonyms: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up. Antonym: depress.

Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces.

Lift up or elevate.

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"Uplift" Quotes from Famous Books

... hand of Edward fell upon earls as well as upon bishops. Even in the early days of his reign when none, save Gilbert of Gloucester, dared uplift the standard of opposition, Edward had not spared the greatest barons in his efforts to eliminate the idea of tenure from English political life. A subtle extension of his earlier policy began to emphasise the dependence of the landed dignitaries on his pleasure. ...

— The History of England - From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) • T.F. Tout

... published by the government departments, are here presented, with the permission of the respective authorities, together with many other suggestions of utilitarian character which may assist the mother and housewife to a greater fulfillment of her office in the uplift ...

— Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife • Marion Mills Miller

... the natives themselves in governing, and Sarawak to-day enjoys the distinction of being a country where the interests of the natives are guarded with greater care than those of "the minority of superior race." Resting on the good-will of the natives and their uplift, the government of the two white Rajas ...

— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz

... shoulder, bore him thus into the cool shade of the cave. There I laid him down beside the little rill to bathe his head and wrists with the sweet water and moisten his parched lips. At this he revived somewhat and, lifting his head, eagerly drank so much as I would allow, his sunken eyes uplift to ...

— Martin Conisby's Vengeance • Jeffery Farnol

... that portion of southern Missouri which lies to the westward of the Archean rocks near the Mississippi River is peculiarly suitable for the development of caverns. The Ozark uplift produced far-reaching undulations, and there seem to have been no violent disturbances which would result in extensive faults, considerable displacements, or a pronounced inclination of the strata. Jointing and pressure cleavage, however, gave rise to innumerable ...

— Archeological Investigations - Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 • Gerard Fowke

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