Definition of "upraised" []

• Lifted, raised, held high. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of upraise. (verb)

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• "Her right hand held her sword upraised, but she didn't move, and then she released from the powerful grip of her left arm my struggling brother and sister."
• "He rushed straight for Eldran's wife and daughter, sword upraised!"
• "Arturis froze; a fog or a mist enveloped him for the least of moments, and when it cleared there was a heroic stone statue upon the top step, stone sword upraised and a look of purest fury upon its face."