Uplifting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uplift \Up*lift"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uplifting}.]
     To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift
     the arm; to uplift a rock. --Cowper.
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           Satan, talking to his nearest mate,


           With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
           That sparkling blazed.                   --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  uplifting
       n : the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed
           the blue of a summer sky"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "uplifting":
     apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, canonization,
     deification, elevating, elevation, elevatory, enshrinement,
     erectile, erecting, erection, erective, escalation, exaltation,
     heaving up, height, lifting, lofting, raising, rearing,
     standing on end, sursum corda, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift,
     upping, upraising, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust