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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Might not its waters upspring in this new land, whose discovery was the great marvel of the age, and which men looked upon as the unknown east of Asia?
From Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
With an abrupt upspring, his throat half harsh with anger, he placed both forepaws on the table and barked at the waiter.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack
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
"Jenny's," cried Millie with a sudden upspring of hope.
From The Summons by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Thou darest not say I love, and yet thou lovest, And think'st to crush the mighty yearning down, That in thy spirit shall upspring forever!
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 by Various
He ended; at the sound alarm'd upsprang The King, and roused his herald.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Allah watered a land, and upsprang a tree, v.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Straight to his feet It rolled, the rounded ivory, and upsprang From off the polished marble with a clang That seemed to say 'twas minded him to greet.
She upsprang, she rose upright,—in his selle she sate in sight, By her love she overcame.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
Blood succoured the earth and upsprang a plant!
From Witch-Doctors by Beadle, Charles
And as pain and sorrow mark the diminution, the joy of living and the upspringing of happiness signify the increase of energy....
From The Joyful Heart by Schauffler, Robert Haven
Stories like these would take us trailing across the country from Maine to California and would leave us bewildered before the upspringing of new life everywhere in the energies of the young women of America.
From The American Country Girl by Crow, Martha Foote
I was certainly ill, no, not ill, but completely tired out body and mind, so that even my ever upspringing soul was inert and indifferent.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
They do not crown a column or trail themselves in foliated scrolls; but are just as Nature meant them to be, unaffected bits of colour and grace, upspringing from the sod.
From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.
We announce to them the dawning of that day for which they have so hopefully and so bravely waited, the upspringing of those seeds that they and their compeers have sown.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
Wistfulness upsprung as I reviewed my empty life, but rude reality suddenly uprose and obliterated ideality.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles
Behind, In diamond light, upsprung the dazzling Cones Of Pyramids, as far surpassing Earth's As Heaven than Earth is fairer.
From The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
He ceased: from all around upsprung A murmur of applause; For well had truth and freedom's tongue Maintained their holy cause.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
But probably they each had had their chance of love, and the old bitterness upsprung that mine had not fallen athwart my pathway.
From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles
Yet higher than their tops The verdurous wall of Paradise upsprung; Which to our general sire gave prospect large Into his nether empire neighbouring round.
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
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