Upheave Definition

ŭp-hēv
upheaved, upheaves, upheaving
verb
To rise as if forced up.
Webster's New World
To heave or lift up.
Webster's New World
To be lifted or thrust upward.
American Heritage

Origin of Upheave

  • From Middle English upheven, from Old English Å«phebban, Å«pāhebban (“to lift up, raise up, exalt, rise in the air, fly"), equivalent to up- +"Ž heave. Cognate with Dutch opheffen (“to lift, raise"), German aufheben (“to lift, raise, cancel, repeal").

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