Upspring
//ʌpˈspɹɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A spring or leap into the air.
- 2 origin
Verb
- 1 To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being. intransitive
"In diamond light upspring the dazzling peaks Of Pyramids"
Example
More examples"In diamond light upspring the dazzling peaks Of Pyramids"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English upspringen, from Old English uppspringan, ūpspringan, equivalent to up- + spring.
Etymology 2
From Middle English upspring, upspringe, from Old English upspring (“origin, birth, rising up, springing up”), equivalent to up- + spring. Cognate with Old Saxon upspring (“well; source; spring”), Middle Low German upspringen (“to spring up; grow”).
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