Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UP-RAISE', v.t. [s as z. up and raise.]

To raise; to lift up. Milton.

UP-RAIS'ED, pp.

Lifted up.

UP-RAIS'ING, n.

A raising or elevation.

UP-REAR', v.t. [up and rear.]

To rear up; to raise. Gay.

UP-REAR'ED, pp.

Reared up; raised.

UP-RIGHT, a. [upri'te or up'rite. up and right. This word is marked in books with the accent on the first syllable. But it is frequently pronounced with the accent on the second, and the accent on the first syllable of its derivatives is inadmissible.]

1. Erect; perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; as, an upright tree; an upright post. Among mechanics, plumb.
2. Erected; pricked up; shooting directly from the body. All have their ears upright. Spenser. With chatt'ring teeth and bristling hair upright. Dryden.
3. Honest; just; adhering to rectitude in all social intercourse; not deviating from correct moral principles; as, an upright man. Job i.
4. Conformable to moral rectitude. Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. J. M. Mason.

UP'RIGHT, n.

1. In architecture, a representation or draught of the front of a building; called also an elevation, or orthography. Cyc.
2. Something standing erect or perpendicular.

UP-RIGHT'-HEART'-ED, a.

Having an upright heart.

UP-RIGHT'LY, adv.

1. In a direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; in an erect position.
2. Honestly; with strict observance of rectitude; as, to live uprightly. Dryden. He that walketh uprightly, walketh surely. Prov. x.

UP-RIGHT'NESS, n.

1. Perpendicular erection. Waller.
2. Honesty; integrity in principle or practice; conformity to rectitude and justice in social dealings. The truly upright man is inflexible in his uprightness. Atterbury.

UP-RISE', n.

A rising; appearance above the horizon. [Obs.] Shak.

UP-RISE', v.i. [s as z. pret. uprose; pp. uprisen.]

1. To rise from bed or from a seat. Uprose the virgin with the morning light. Pope.
2. To ascend above the horizon. Uprose the sun. Cowley.
3. To ascend, as a hill. [Obs.] Shak.

UP-RIS'ING, n.¹

The act of rising. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising. Ps. cxxxix.

UP-RIS-ING, n.²

A rising upward. [1841 Addenda only.]

UP-RIS'ING, ppr.

Rising; ascending.

UP'ROAR, n. [D. oproer; G. aufruhr; auf, up, and rühren, to stir, to beat, D. roeren, Sw. röra, upror. In verse it is sometimes accented on the second syllable.]

Great tumult; violent disturbance and noise; bustle and clamor. The Jews who believed not – set all the city in an uproar. Acts xvii. Horror thus prevail'd, And wild uproar. Philips.

UP'ROAR, v.t.

To throw into confusion. [Not in use.]

UP-ROAR'I-OUS, a.

Making a great noise and tumult.

UP-ROAR'I-OUS-LY, adv.

With great noise and tumult.

UP-ROLL', v.t. [up and roll.]

To roll up. Milton.

UP-ROLL'ED, pp.

Rolled up.

UP-ROOT', v.t. [up and root.]

To root up; to tear up by the roots; as, to uproot the hills or trees. Dryden.

UP-ROOT'ED, pp.

Torn up by the roots.

UP-ROUSE', v.t. [uprouz'. up and rouse.]

To rouse from sleep; to awake. Shak.

UP-ROUS'ED, pp.

Roused from sleep.