uplifted

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Verb

uplifted

1. simple past and past participle of uplift

Adjective

uplifted (comparative more uplifted, superlative most uplifted)

1. Lifted upwards, raised.
   • 1968, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Alaska Earthquake, The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 - Volume 5, →ISBN, page 122:

     To the northeast and northwest of the uplifted area there was a belt of depression, mainly in land areas.

   • 2005, Karen Tate, Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations, page 34:

     Some of the female figurines depicted women with uplifted arms while others portrayed pregnant females with uplifted arms in the process of giving birth.

2. (figurative) Joyous, hopeful or inspired.