Meanings
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verb
literary or dated: to lift or force something upward powerfully, or to rise in that way
Tectonic pressure can upheave an ancient seabed into mountains.
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Etymology
From Middle English upheven, from Old English upahebban, 'to lift up, raise, or rise in the air,' equivalent to up- plus heave. Cognates include Dutch opheffen and German aufheben.