Emily Dickinson Lexicon

lift (-ed, -s), v. [ON lypta, move into the air.]

1. Elevate; pick up; raise in rank; bring higher in position; [fig.] exalt.
2. Remove; uncover; take off.
3. Raise; heft.
4. Gather up; [fig.] smooth; brush; comb; touch.
5. Hoist; heave; [fig.] bear; prepare to carry.
6. Launch; cause to ascend; spread the sails of.
7. Hold up; raise to display.
8. Comfort; support; sustain.
9. Direct; focus.
10. Move upward.
11. Open up; [fig.] display as a flower in bloom.
12. Transport; send upward; [fig.] inspire.
13. Increase the level of.
14. Celebrate; praise; congratulate; glorify; glamorize.
15. Phrase. “lift it up”: offer it; present it.
16. Phrase. “lifts her pencil”: picks up her coloring implement; [fig.] changes the colors of the vegetation, such as tree leaves; [metaphor] changes the season from summer to fall.
17. Phrase. “lift the Hat to”: tip his head covering for; [fig.] salute; greet gallantly; acknowledge socially; show respect to.
18. Phrase. “lift her Glass opon”: inspect; examine; peruse; scrutinize; look at; gaze at with a lens.
19. Phrase. “lifted up”: opened; relaxed; released; loosened for vocal production.