uprear

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S. Nay, my mammy and our Ursel did uprear the beds.

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von

Five towns their anvils for the war uprear, Crustumium, Tibur, glorying in her might, 748 Ardea, Atina strong, Antemnæ's tower-girt height.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

The evening closes in heavy and lowering, and Cam Fell and Widdale Fell uprear their huge forms on the right and left in sullen gloom, and appear the more mountainous.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

Where the plump barley-grain so oft we sowed, There but wild oats and barren darnel spring; For tender violet and narcissus bright Thistle and prickly thorn uprear their heads.

From The Bucolics and Eclogues by Virgil

In great masses they uprear their heads, peeping curiously in at the windows, trailing lovingly round the porches, nestling under the eaves, drooping coquettishly at the angles.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)