upraisingn.
(up- prefix 3d. Cf. Old Norse uppreising, -reisning, Middle Swedish and Middle Danish up-, opresning.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun]
aristc885
risinga1200
uprisingc1250
upristc1250
arisnessa1300
uprisea1300
arising1340
uparising1340
again-risingc1384
uprasa1400
upraisingc1400
resuscitation?a1450
revive1553
gain-risinga1557
revivification1561
restorement1571
apotheosis1595
revival1608
reviviscencea1631
reanimation1633
second birth1643
reviviction1646
anastasis1647
reviviscency1654
rise1738
anabiosis1890
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun]
upgang971
styingc1200
astyingc1220
upstyinga1300
upcomingc1330
risinga1398
upraisingc1400
mounting1440
toweringc1440
lift1470
ascence1481
ascending1482
mount1486
upwith?1507
surrection1509
upgoing1555
rise1573
arise1590
ascension1598
uprest1602
transcendencea1616
ascent1616
mounture1631
resultancea1634
uprise1690
anabasis1706
upshift1839
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun]
betteringeOE
amendmentc1230
bote of beam1330
meliorationa1400
upraisingc1400
reformation?a1425
amelioration?a1450
enrichinga1513
amendsa1547
gooding1567
betterment1594
meliorization1599
endearment1612
raisure1613
betterance1614
ascenta1616
ascension1617
enrichmenta1626
improvement1625
booty beam1642
meliorating1647
bonification1652
uplift1873
work1914
pickupa1916
upgrading1920
tone-up1943
stepping1958
upgradation1979
upgrade1980
society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > resurrection
resurrectionc1350
uprasa1400
upraisingc1400
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun]
highing?c1225
heavinga1300
hancinga1382
arearing1382
hainingc1440
enhancing1490
elevation1526
raise1538
elation1578
heightening1598
raisure1613
exaltation1616
sublation1623
elevating1648
sublevation1663
upraising1839
uprearing1853
upsetting1882
updraw1912
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 179 Thou art..Resurreccioun or vpreysynge and lyf.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 15 His witt schal þerbi take in maner now seid a greet vpreisyng.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Resource,..a recouerie, vpraising, rising againe.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 839 The successive upraising of the roof of a gallery.
1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Jan. 17/4 The upraising going on in the underground working is progressing very satisfactorily.
1936 H. Belloc Battle Ground xi. 225 Some said he was Elias, come back to the up~raising of men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
upraisingadj.
(up- prefix 3c(b).)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > [adjective]
furthering1418
upraising1601
speedinga1625
furthersome1627
fostering1765
1601 S. Daniel Ciuill Warres (rev. ed.) vi. lxxiv. f. 92v, in Wks. Thinke whether this poore State...Stands not in need of some vpraysing hand.
1860 C. J. Ellicott Hist. Lect. Life Our Lord v. 229 The upraising hand of the great Healer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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