upheave

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
  • (transitive) To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
  • (intransitive) To be lifted up; rise.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English upheven inherited from Old English ūphebban prefix from English heave root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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Possession

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