The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Satan, talking to his nearest mate,
         With head uplift above the wave, and eyes
         That sparkling blazed.                   --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uplifting
    n 1: the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds
         revealed the blue of a summer sky"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "uplifting":
   apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, canonization,
   deification, elevating, elevation, elevatory, enshrinement,
   erectile, erecting, erection, erective, escalation, exaltation,
   heaving up, height, lifting, lofting, raising, rearing,
   standing on end, sursum corda, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift,
   upping, upraising, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust