Up*lift" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Uplifting.] To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to
elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
Cowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed.
Milton.Up"lift` (?), n. (Geol.) A
raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and
uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.