Definitions
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- v. To bear up; raise aloft; support in an elevated situation; sustain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- transitive v. To bear up; to raise aloft; to support in an elevated situation; to sustain.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bear, carry, or raise aloft; lift; elevate; sustain aloft.
- To support; sustain.
- To hold up; commend.
Etymologies
Examples
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After the door had slammed, Havig must sit down for a minute; his knees would not upbear him.
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At his present height, and well beyond, the Jovian air is still dense enough to upbear objects of considerable specific gravity.
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At his present height, and well beyond, the Jovian air is still dense enough to upbear objects of consider-able specific gravity.
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Her voice shook with a pathetic tremor, became hoarse and almost inaudible; her eyes sank, or wandered wildly; her brow was bathed with the sweat of a secret agony; she might have given way utterly under the paralyzing spell, had not some sudden inspiration of genius or love, a prophetic thrill of power, or a memory of her unwearied babe, come to nerve, to upbear her.
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Thereon bade he upbear the athelings 'treasures, 1920
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats
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Gila, in her most imperial mood, wearing a bewildering imported frock whose simple intricacies and daring contrasts were well calculated to upbear a determined spirit in a supreme combat, awaited his coming impatiently.
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No awning was spread over the square, this evening, and every eye beheld the ascent of the resurrected saints, a wondrous cloud seeming to upbear them upon its billowy whiteness.
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And the flowers and the grass-blades his memory upbear;
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The purport of my address is the conservation of life; the development of physical and moral power as well as of mental alertness; the creation of bravery and the evolution of that higher and broader element -- courage; the formation of character sturdy enough to upbear a
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Waves, and an oblong shield their stalwart arms upbear.
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
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