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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lifted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Lifting}.] [Icel. lypta, fr lopt air; akin to Sw
lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to
raise into the air. See {Loft}, and cf 1st {Lift}.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to
raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a
higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support
or holding in the higher place -- said of material
things as to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair
or a burden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lifted
adj : held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her
upraised flag" [syn: {upraised}]
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