UPLIFT

Uplift

In science fiction, uplift is the development, transformation, biological engineering, or evolutionary intervention of animals into an intelligent Type-I race by other, already-intelligent beings The concept appears in David Brin's Uplift series and other science fiction works.

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uplift

Noun

  1. The act or result of being uplifted.
  2. A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
  3. A brassiere that raises the breasts.

Verb

  1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.


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