upˈlifted, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[up- 5. Cf. uplift v. and pa. pple.]
1. Raised, elevated, held up; also fig., exalted in estate.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvi. 37 Vphouen I saw þe wicked man And lifted [H. uplifted; L. elevatum] als cedre of Yban. Ibid. lxxxvii. 16, I am up-lifted [L. exaltatus], I am meked. c 1410 Lanterne of Liȝt 129, I haue sen þe vnpitiuouse..enhaunsid & vplifted as þe cedre trees of Liban. 1593 Shakes. Rich. II, ii. ii. 50 The banish'd Bullingbrocke..with vp-lifted Armes is safe arriu'd At Rauenspurg. 1630 Milton At a Solemn Music 11 Where the bright Seraphim..Their loud up-lifted Angel trumpets blow. 1667 ― P.L. i. 347 Th' uplifted Spear Of their great Sultan waving to direct Thir course. 1725 Pope Odyss. ii. 424 The matron with uplifted eyes Attests th' all-seeing Sovereign of the skies. 1748 Richardson Clarissa VII. 125 This dame in effigie, with uplifted head and hand. 1822 Scott Nigel xiv, ‘Now, Heaven bless you, my lord,’ said Richie Moniplies, with uplifted eyes. 1868 Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 225 These table-lands..are the uplifted beds of an ancient ocean. 1887 Bowen æneid iv. 246 The uplifted crest and the proud Slopes of the age-worn Atlas. |
| fig. 1595 Spenser Col. Clout 816 So we him adore With humble hearts to heauen vplifted hie. 1805 Wordsw. Prelude v. 226 Yet I..will pour out Thanks with uplifted heart. |
b. Exalted in fame; renowned.
| 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. Prol. vi, Yet so from low to high vplifted is your name. 1885 Tennyson Balin & Balan 491 A name..Which our high Lancelot hath so lifted up, And been thereby uplifted. |
2. Elevated intellectually, morally, or spiritually.
| c 1454 Pecock Folewer 15 Þe more a man..takiþ into him of kunnyng, þe more is his resoun vp liftid. 1548 Geste Pr. Masse H ij b, With our myndes eleuate and vplifted. 1818 Shelley Eugan. Hills 360 The winds whose wings rain balm On the uplifted soul. 1839 Bailey Festus 46 Are they not worthy of a deathless state; A boundless scope; a high uplifted life? 1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 116 Ye gladdened and uplifted ones, come ye aside also awhile with Jesus. |
3. Elated; rendered proud. Now
Sc. and
north. dial.| 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 175 Or that perswasion could but thus conuince me,..How were I then vp-lifted. 1747 Mem. Nutrebian Crt. II. 82 Maillan, excessively up-lifted with the imagined advancement of his daughter. 1823 Scott Quentin D. xvi, He said, that..they were uplifted in heart because of their wealth and their privileges. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar xli, Being so uplifted at the part I was like to play. |
4. Raised in utterance.
| 1828 Atherstone Fall of Nineveh I. 114 Them..with proud uplifted voice, Thus Azareel bespake. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd xiii, Did the unlucky speculators..hide themselves while the uplifted voices were rejoicing? |
Hence
upˈliftedness.
| 1893 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 387/1, I hate the coldness and upliftedness of religion. |