upheave

== English == === Etymology === 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 === upheave (third-person singular simple present upheaves, present participle upheaving, simple past upheaved or uphove, past participle upheaved or uphove or uphoven) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== upheaval upheaving === References === “upheave”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “upheave”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.