upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as
in the last two examples.
To assure upon (Law),
to promise; to undertake. — To come upon. See under Come. — To take
upon, to assume.
Uppent
(Up*pent`) a. A Pent up; confined. [Obs.]
Upper
(Up"per) a.; comp. of Up. Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank,
dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature.
The upper hand,
the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. Jowett
— Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench)
during the Commonwealth. — Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note
under 1st Case, n., 3. — Upper covert (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the
tail quills. — Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck. — Upper leather,
the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes. — Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck,
usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. — Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated)
Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the
aristocracy. [Colloq.] — Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail. — Upper works
(Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water. — Upper world. (a) The
atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; — in distinction from the underworld.
Upper
(Up"per), n. The upper leather for a shoe; a vamp.
Uppermost
(Up"per*most`) a. [From Up, Upper; formed like aftermost. Cf. Upmost.] Highest in
place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
Whatever faction happens to be uppermost.
Swift. Uppertendom
(Up`per*ten"dom) n. [Upper ten + -dom.] The highest class in society; the upper ten.
See Upper ten, under Upper. [Colloq.]
Uppile
(Up*pile") v. t. To pile, or heap, up. Southey.
Uppish
(Up"pish) a. [From Up.] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T.
Brown. — Up"pish*ly, adv. [Colloq.] — Up"pish*ness, n. [Colloq.]
Upplight
(Up*plight") obs. imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Uppluck
(Up*pluck") v. t. To pull or pluck up. [Obs.]
Uppricked
(Up*pricked") a. Upraised; erect; — said of the ears of an animal. Mason.
Upprop
(Up*prop") v. t. To prop up. Donne.
Upraise
(Up*raise") v. t. To raise; to lift up.
Uprear
(Up*rear") v. t. To raise; to erect. Byron.
Upridged
(Up*ridged") a. Raised up in a ridge or ridges; as, a billow upridged. Cowper.
Upright
(Up"right`) a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a.]