David Brin

uplift n.	1980 D. Brin Sundiver 11 And from now on the work here at the Center for Uplift would be evenmore routine.
uplift v.	1980 D. Brin Sundiver 22 A young man on the left, wrapped in silver sateen from the throat to toe, held up a placard that said, ‘Mankind Was Uplifted Too: let our E.T. Cousins Out!’
uplifting n.	1980 D. Brin Sundiver (1989) 46 The other side held that homo sapiens—just as every other known race of sophonts—was part of a chain of genetic and cultural uplifting that stretched back to the fabled early days of the galaxy, the time of the Progenitors.