upheave
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upheave
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From Middle English upheven, from Old English ūpāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly”), equivalent to up- + heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise”), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal”).
verb upheaves · upheaving · upheaved · uphove
- To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
- To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward. Considering, further, the absence of most of the New Guinea mammals from the Moluccas, we are led to the conclusion that these islands are not fragments which have been separated from New Guinea, but form a distinct insular region, which has been upheaved independently at a rather remote epoch, and
- To be lifted up; rise.
Talk about this word "upheave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/upheave. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. upheave. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/upheave "upheave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/upheave.Cite this
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title = {upheave},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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