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Uplift
Pronunciation : Up*lift"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Uplifting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Up"lift`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
(Geol.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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