Upsprout

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To sprout up. intransitive, poetic

    "To-day he felt upsprout / Purest desires, and he hearkened / To those profoundest, wisest whispers / That in the sane will not be hushed;"

Example

More examples

"To-day he felt upsprout / Purest desires, and he hearkened / To those profoundest, wisest whispers / That in the sane will not be hushed;"

Etymology

From up- + sprout.

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