Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - uplift
Uplift
uplift
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 raise; lift up. 2 elevate or stimulate morally or spiritually. --n. 1 the act or an instance of being raised. 2 Geol. the raising of part of the earth's surface. 3 colloq. a morally or spiritually elevating influence. 4 support for the bust etc. from a garment. Derivatives uplifter n. uplifting adj. (esp. in sense 2 of v.).
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I. Date: 14th century transitive verb to lift up ; elevate, to improve the spiritual, social, or intellectual condition of, intransitive verb rise, ~er noun II. noun Date: circa 1845 an act, process, result, or cause of ~ing: as, a. the ~ing of a part of the earth's surface, an ~ed mass of land, a bettering of a condition especially spiritually, socially, or intellectually, c. influences intended to ~, a social movement to improve especially morally or culturally, a brassiere designed to hold the breasts up ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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