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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1472-1536
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(Upraise,) Uprais, v. Also: upray(i)s, -rase, -ryse, wprais(e. P.p. also uprasyit, wprasit. [ME and e.m.E. upraise (Cursor M.), uprays (Rolle); Rais(e v.] tr.
1. To raise from the dead, resurrect. = Rais(e v. 3. 1533 Gau 29/28.
He sal wprais agane al thayme to the euerlestand lyff
2. To build, erect. = Rais(e v. 7. 1513 Doug. vi xvi 13.
Ene … Apon the sepultur … Ane hepe of erd and litil mote gart vprays [Sm. wpraise, Ruddim. vprayis] 1513 Doug. xi vi 47.
That sammyn douchty hand … Quhilk now … Vprasyt [Sm., Ruddim. Vprasit] hes the cite Argyripas
3. Of the hair: To cause to rise up. Cf. Rais(e v. III and 29. 1513 Doug. x xii 94.
Joyful he [sc. the lion] … vprasys [Ruddim. vprysis] in hy The lokkyrris lyand in his nek rowght
4. a. To lift up on to a higher position. = Rais(e v. 17 a. b. To elevate, hold aloft. = Rais(e v. 17 b. c. specif. To cause to ascend into heaven.a. 1513 Doug. ix iv 7.
The portis vissy thai … And draw briggis befor the ȝettis vprasyt [Sm., Ruddim. vprasit]b. a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi 895.
Ilke day in houris sewyne … Vpraysit [L. in æthera sublevata] with angelis haf I bene 1513 Doug. xiii ix 95.
Hys baner … The fleand egill … By hym erekkit and vprasyt studc. a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 95.
Eftyr Jhesu vpraisit wes Fra hyne to hewyne c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xi 23.
And thou, Capharnaum, quhethir thou salbe vpraisit [P. arerid vp; L. exaltaberis] into heuen, thou sal ga doun into hell
5. To raise the spirits of, encourage (a person). = Rais(e v. 19. 1533 Gau 105/33.
This promis is the vangel or ioiful tithandis … throw the quhilk he wes wprasit in his hart
6. To raise, levy (money, as rent, etc.). = Rais(e v. 20. 1472 Lennox Mun. 88.
Fyve hundreth pundis … in name of payn, at his will, … to be vprasyit 1505–6 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 687.
I … oblis me … neuir to tak na vprais malis na profitis [etc.] 1535–6 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 161.
To produce thair evidens anent the tenement next abone James Murrais and the anweill to be upraisit of the sammyn
7. To remove or divert (a person) (from a siege). Cf. Rais(e v. 25. 1513 Doug. x v 180.
Quham maist ganandly he mocht Led with hym to … Or quham he suld not from the sege vprays, Bot styll remane to … clos the town
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