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Reportedly, beams uplift (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise

'uplift' is the definition.
(I know that uplift is a more specific form of the action excite)

'reportedly beams' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'beams' becomes 'rays' (rays of light).
'rays' sounds like 'RAISE'.

(Other definitions for raise that I've seen before include "To promote" , "climb" , "Advance" , "Contact" , "Pick up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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