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.
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Up"lift` (?), n. Geol.
A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
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