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upspring

[ verb uhp-spring, noun uhp-spring ]
/ verb ʌpˈsprɪŋ, noun ˈʌpˌsprɪŋ /
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verb (used without object), up·sprang or up·sprung, up·sprung, up·spring·ing.

to spring up.
to come into being or existence; arise: Prosperity began to upspring after the war.

noun Archaic.

growth or development.
a coming into existence; origin.

RELATED WORDS

arise, come, derive, develop, emanate, flow, head, issue, originate, proceed, rise, spring

Nearby words

upsilon particle, upsize, upskill, upsmanship, upspin, upspring, upstage, upstairs, upstanding, upstart, upstate

Origin of upspring

before 1000; (v.) Middle English upspringen, Old English upspringan; (noun) Middle English; Old English upspringe. See up-, spring
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British Dictionary definitions for upspring

upspring

/ archaic, or literary /

verb (ʌpˈsprɪŋ) -springs, -springing, -sprang, -sprung or -sprung

(intr) to spring up or come into existence

noun (ˈʌpˌsprɪŋ)

a leap forwards or upwards
the act of coming into existence
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