different between upbear vs uprear

English

Etymology

From Middle English upberen, equivalent to up- +? bear.

Verb

upbear (third-person singular simple present upbears, present participle upbearing, simple past upbore, past participle upborne or (archaic, poetic) upbore)

1. (dated, transitive) To hold up; raise aloft; hold or sustain high

   • One short sigh of breath, upborne
     Even to the seat of God.

   • A monstrous wave up-bore the chief, and dashed him on the craggy shore.

Anagrams

• bear up

English

Etymology

From Middle English upreren, equivalent to up- +? rear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p????(?)/

Verb

uprear (third-person singular simple present uprears, present participle uprearing, simple past and past participle upreared) (transitive, intransitive)

1. To raise something up; to rise up; to erect
   • 1600, John Marston, Antonio's Revenge

     With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]

   • 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude

     a huge peak, black and huge, as if with voluntary power instinct, upreared its head.

Anagrams

• parure, rear up