2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; — often with up. The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. Addison. Lest, being lifted up with pride. I Tim. iii. 6.
3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] Spenser.
4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
5. Etym: [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. Shoplifter.]
Defn: To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted.
He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. Shak.
To lift up, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to
elevate upon the cross. John viii. 28.
— To lift up the eyes. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer.
Ps. cxxi. 1.
— To lift up the feet, to come speedily to one's relief. Ps. lxxiv.
3.
— To lift up the hand. (a) To take an oath. Gen. xiv. 22. (b) To
pray. Ps. xxviii. 2. (c) To engage in duty. Heb. xii. 12.
— To lift up the hand against, to rebel against; to assault; to
attack; to injure; to oppress. Job xxxi. 21.
— To lift up one's head, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice.
Gen. xl. 13. Luke xxi. 28.
— To lift up the heel against, to treat with insolence or
unkindness. John xiii.18.
— To lift up the voice, to cry aloud; to call out. Gen. xxi. 16.
LIFT
Lift, v. i.
1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. Locke.
2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
3. Etym: [See Lift, v. t., 5.]