Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upheave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-heave
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.

Transitive verb

verb

To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.

Transitive verb

verb

To be lifted up; rise.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Considering, further, the absence of most of the New Guinea mammals from the Moluccas, we are led to the conclusion that these islands are not fragments which have been separated from New Guinea, but form a distinct insular region, which has been upheaved independently at a rather remote epoch, and during all the mutations it has undergone has been constantly receiving immigrants from that great and productive island."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up
Root: *keh₂p-, upheven, ūpāhebban

Usage

Inflected Forms

upheaves (present, singular) upheaving (participle, present) upheaved (past) uphove (past) upheaved (participle, past) uphove (participle, past) uphoven (participle, past)

Derived Forms

upheaval upheaver upheaving

Questions

What does upheave mean?: To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
Where does upheave come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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