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Uplift   /ˈəplɪft/   Listen
Uplift

noun
1.
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building).  Synonyms: upheaval, upthrow, upthrust.
2.
A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts.
verb
(past & past part. uplifting)
1.
Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.  Synonyms: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up.  Antonym: depress.
2.
Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces.
3.
Lift up or elevate.



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"Uplift" Quotes from Famous Books



... welcome our newly-elected President, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., who, by his dignity and facility as a presiding officer, as well as by his able addresses, added largely to the interest of the meeting. The sermon of Dr. Little was an uplift at the outset; the Memorial Service for Dr. Powell was a loving tribute to his memory; the papers read were of a high order, and dealt in a practical way with living themes bearing on the work of the Association; ...
— The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888 • Various

... Jamaica. Yet, I am at first sight, of the mind that only the Spanish would have kept, after decades of administration, as much of the simple beauty of Papeete as have the Gauls. True, the streets are a litter, the Government almost unseen as to modern uplift, the natives are indolent and life moves without bustle or goal. The republic is content to keep the peace, to sell its wares, to teach its tongue, and to let the gentle Tahitian hold to his island ways, now that his race dies ...
— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien

... in the sand. In practice, however, an attempt to show this condition will fail, owing to the fact that in such a structure the water will almost immediately work under the edge and bottom, and cause the structure to rise, and the test can only be made by measuring the difference in uplift in a heavier-than-water structure, as shown in Experiment No. 5. For, if a structure lighter than the displaced water be buried in sand sufficiently deep to insure it against the influx of large volumes of water below, it will not rise. That this is not due entirely ...
— Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth • J. C. Meem

... unroll the map of social Ireland, we discover a multitude of ways by which the priest can keep in touch with, direct and uplift the people, and each effort for their sakes means a fresh strengthening of the bonds that bind the ...
— The Young Priest's Keepsake • Michael Phelan

... he, overhearing: "Oh, gentlest sound through the warring darkness! An angel are you! The love of an angel can still the pain even of lost souls! If I may hope for salvation, Almighty, let it be through this angel!" But in the uplift of hope reviving, a remembrance gives him pause,—remembrance of the whole condition of his deliverance; and, a strain of solemnity mingling with his grateful tenderness, he warns her: "Could you apprehend the fate which, ...
— The Wagnerian Romances • Gertrude Hall


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