Home › Words › U › uprearuprear/ʌpˈɹɪə(ɹ)/uprear · verb — to raise something up; to rise up; to erect.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).uprear is pronounced /ʌpˈɹɪə(ɹ)/.EtymologyFrom Middle English upreren, equivalent to up- + rear.verbTo raise something up; to rise up; to erecte.g.“With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]” — 1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] […], publisheDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).