uplift

up- +‎ lift

• (verb) enPR: ŭplĭftʹ, IPA^(key): /ʌpˈlɪft/
• (adjective, noun) enPR: ŭpʹlĭft, IPA^(key): /ˈʌplɪft/

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uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)

1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
2. (aviation, travel) to be accepted for carriage on a flight.

uplift (plural uplifts)

1. The act or result of being uplifted.
2. (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
   • 1971, George Finiel Adams, ‎Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)

     Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.

3. (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.

• lift up, pitful