Definitions for upraise

upraise up·raise

Spelling: [uhp-reyz]
IPA: /ʌpˈreɪz/

Upraise is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 287 anagrams from letters in upraise (aeiprsu).

Definitions for upraise

verb (used with object)

  1. to raise up; lift or elevate.
  2. to raise from a depressed or dejected humor; cheer.

Origin of upraise

First recorded in 1250-1300, upraise is from the Middle English word upreisen. See up-, raise

Examples for upraise

The floor and upraise of this recess is plastered with adobe, which in several places is smooth and well made.

I have spent fifty years of my life trying to upraise my class.

And each cañon as he passed was empty, and each had some shrub, like a crouching man, to startle him and upraise the revolver.

I pressed it, and, satisfied with the discovery, forbore to upraise the sash.

He struck the root of the tree with his tunnel and made an upraise to the inside of the trunk.

For national right and justice, for really oppressed nationalities, she has long ceased to upraise her voice or her arm.

Mrs. Fane looked with her kind round eyes into the worn face that tried to upraise itself to greet her.

Word Value for upraise
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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