单词 | upbear |
释义 | upbearv. 1. transitive. To bear up, support, sustain; also, to lift up, raise. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < v.a1300 |
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