# upheave

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To heave or lift up; raise up or aloft.
2. To lift or thrust something upward forcefully, or be similarly lifted or thrust upward.
3. To be lifted up; rise.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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