upheave
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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.
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms prefixed with up-
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