uplift
uplift Lexical Profile
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• verb
To elevate or improve someone morally, spiritually, socially, or emotionally.
"Her inspiring speech helped to uplift the spirits of the entire graduating class."
To raise or lift something up physically to a higher position (especially of geological formations or parts of the body).
"Tectonic forces gradually uplift the ocean floor to form new islands over millennia."
• noun
An act or process of improving someone's moral, spiritual, or emotional state, or an increase in positive feeling or value.
"The community choir's performance provided a much-needed emotional uplift for the audience."
A vertical elevation of the Earth's surface in response to natural geological forces such as tectonic plate movement.
"Millions of years of tectonic uplift created the towering mountain range we see today."
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the prefix 'up-' and the verb 'lift' (from Old Norse 'lypta', meaning to raise into the air).