Uplift
Uplift , transitive verb
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock. — Cowper
Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
That sparkling blazed.
Uplift , noun
(Geology) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.