upspring
Americanverb (used without object)
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to spring up.
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to come into being or existence; arise.
Prosperity began to upspring after the war.
noun
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growth or development.
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a coming into existence; origin.
verb
noun
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a leap forwards or upwards
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the act of coming into existence
Etymology
Origin of upspring
before 1000; (v.) Middle English upspringen, Old English upspringan; (noun) Middle English; Old English upspringe. See up-, spring
Example Sentences
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See how Time, consoling, Dries the saddest tears, Bids the darkest storm-clouds Pass in gentle rain; While upspring in glory, Flowers and dreams again!
From Legends and Lyrics Part 1 by Dickens, Charles
There was the banded hair over the eyes, the slightly drooping mouth, the peculiar upspring of the eyebrow arch—the Queen of Spades in person, as Indiman had said.
From The Gates of Chance by Sutphen, Van Tassel
The King doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels.
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
To feel the new life flutter mystic wing; Like to a lark to feel one's soul upspring, Transpierce the very limit of the sky, And toss its challenge to Eternity!
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart
Unfold, upspring, outblossom from the dust, O divinest playfellow even as we!
From Poems by Stuart, Muriel
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