Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Uplift \Up*lift"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Uplifting}.]
   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.
                                                  --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

uplifting
     n : the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed
         the blue of a summer sky"