Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Uplifting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uplift \Up*lift"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uplifting}.]
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift
the arm; to uplift a rock. --Cowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift
above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed.
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uplifting
n : the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed
the blue of a summer sky"
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