upheave

Here the word must have been upheave, the rimes being leave, cleave, bereave.

In a mighty effort to upheave the foundations of despotism, the people grew mad.

The Archimedian lever found a resting-place in his brain, and sundry of his thoughts seem not inapt to upheave the world.

Every upheave seemed to be followed by a downward settling plunge, as though the ship were already on her way to the bottom.

Then during the night they upheave their backs to relieve themselves of the pressure, and thus shake the walling to a fall.

A vigorous stirring is bound to upheave what is searched for, so in due course the Captain dug up a snaffle-bit.