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Definition of Lift up

1. Verb. Take and lift upward.

2. Verb. Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism. "The performance is likely to lift up Sue"; "Music can uplift your spirits"

Definition of Lift up

1. Verb. To elevate to a higher position ¹

2. Verb. To lighten the mood of someone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lift Up

lifeworlds lifeworthy lifie lifies liflode liflodes lift lift-to-drag ratio lift a finger lift bridge

lift off lift out lift pump lift scheme lift schemes lift up (current term) liftable liftback liftbacks lifted

lifted a finger lifter lifters liftest lifteth liftgate liftgates liftin lifting lifting a finger

Literary usage of Lift up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"lift up your eyes on high, 49:18. lift up thine eyes round about, 13 60: 4. ... lift up your eyes (o the heavens, 14 5. and the sons of Israel carried Jacob ..."

2. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1873)
"To lift up the voice (raise it). Often used with other verbs, ... Not drop the head in unconcern, but lift up the countenance and smile, Num. vi. 26. ..."

3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... best ;" and when he had finished, she eould say nothing—she eould only lift up her lips to his and just kiss them, as if that were the simplest " yes. ..."

4. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"But •/) xr: Mb» rraa 'c exn to lift up the head of any one out of prison, ... 2. c) V:E Xi3 to lift up one's countenance, spoken of one conscious of ..."

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