Uplift /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Uplifting

1. To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

   Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed.

1. A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like. (Geol.)