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单词 upbear
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upbearv.

Etymology: up- prefix 3a + bear v.1 16, to bear up 4 at Phrasal verbs 1 Compare Middle Swedish upbära (Swedish uppbära ), Middle Danish upbære . Frequently in past participle upborne : see up- prefix 3b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈbear.
1. transitive. To bear up, support, sustain; also, to lift up, raise.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
underbearc950
bearOE
holdc1000
weighc1200
to hold up1297
upholda1300
sustainc1330
undersetc1330
comforta1382
underbear1382
upbear1390
sustaina1398
upkeepc1412
carrya1425
supporta1425
chargea1500
convey1514
avoke1529
confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
upstay1590
atlas1593
sustent1605
statuminatea1628
firm1646
appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise
heave971
hevenOE
onheaveOE
rearOE
highOE
arearc1175
to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275
upbraidc1275
to set upc1290
lifta1300
upheavea1300
upraisea1300
upreara1300
enhancec1300
araise1303
hance1303
uplifta1340
lift1362
raisec1384
upbear1390
uphancec1390
advancea1393
haut?a1400
to put upa1400
verec1400
hainc1440
inhigh1483
elevate1497
uphigh1513
alifta1522
height1530
heighten1530
exalt1535
extol1549
sublevate1559
rouse?1567
attol1578
elate1578
vaunce1582
dight1590
higher1592
tower1596
to fetch up1612
relevate1620
screwa1625
transcend1635
stilt1649
allevate1696
stiltify1860
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 296 He that alle thing mai kepe..broghte him sauf upon a table, Which to the lond him hath upbore.
a1400 K. Alis. 5163 Swiþe wiȝtlych hij..swymme, Of þe water þat hij were inne Vpberande faire chynne.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7258 Þe post þat al þat huse vpbare Wit bath his handes he it scok.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 508/1 Vbberyn, or vpberyn, supporto.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 938 A thourtour bande that all the drawcht wpbar, He cuttyt it.
a1550 D. Lindsay Supplic. against Syde Taillis 23 Thocht thare Rob Royallis be vpborne, I think [etc.].
1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 94 Earst the flud, vpbearing thee ship, now the cartwheele vpholdeth.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S7 Many great golden pillours did vpbeare The massy roofe.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 408 Who shall..spread his aerie flight Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt. View more context for this quotation
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. v. 542 A monst'rous wave up-bore The Chief.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 20 Joint-stools were then created; on three legs Upborne they stood.
1831 E. Irving Expos. Rev. I. 60 Upbearing His person as Aaron and Hurr upbore the hands of Moses.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 352 A chief's gold ring his left arm did upbear.
1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 64 Slabs of stone of sufficient solidity to upbear any loaded vehicle.
2. figurative. To support or sustain; to exalt.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]
lasteOE
i-hentc1225
uphold?c1225
upbeara1300
sustainc1300
understand13..
uplift1338
maintainc1350
supporta1393
underset1395
buttressc1400
supprise1447
bolster1508
stay1526
stay1526
undershore?a1534
underpropa1535
to hold up by the chin1546
back1548
suborn1548
suffult?c1550
upshore?1567
shoulder1577
upstay1600
underwrite1609
abone1622
crutch1641
float1823
backstop1956
a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii. 76 He ches Dauyd, hyne hisse; And vp-bare him all with blisse.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxx. 1 Vphouen es noght mi hert, Ne vpborn er mine eghen in quert.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7159 He..loueþ alle þat sothfast es; Alle godenes he vp berep.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 818 Euerych ayre other stereth More and more, and speche vp~bereth.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 4424 I wil,..vp-born with support of ȝour grace, Forþe a-complische, as I vndertook.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) xxx. ii I..was from ev'l by thee upborne.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. T2v Food, and sleepe, which two vpbeare, Like mightie pillours, this frayle life of man.
1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 5 A Virgine Maide, A weakeling did him beare who all vpbeares.
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 248 A..proof of the intrinsic power of Christianity, upbearing so ponderous a mass of error.
1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 325 His own language rarely rises above it, except when it is upborn by the thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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