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Webster 1913 Edition
Up
Up
(ŭp)
, adv.
[AS.
up
, upp
, ūp
; akin to OFries. up
, op
, D. op
, OS. ūp
, OHG. ūf
, G. auf
, Icel. & Sw. upp
, Dan. op
, Goth. iup
, and probably to E. over
. See Over
.] 1.
Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; – the opposite of
down
. But
By center or eccentric, hard to tell.
up
or down,By center or eccentric, hard to tell.
Milton.
2.
Hence, in many derived uses, specifically: –
(a)
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; – used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
But they presumed to go
up
unto the hilltop. Num. xiv. 44.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth
up
. Ps. lxxxviii. 15.
Up
rose the sun, and up
rose Emelye. Chaucer.
We have wrought ourselves
up
into this degree of Christian indifference. Atterbury.
(b)
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; – used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like;
as, to be
. up
on a hill; the lid of the box was up
; prices are up
And when the sun was
up
, they were scorched. Matt. xiii. 6.
Those that were
up
themselves kept others low. Spenser.
Helen was
up
– was she? Shakespeare
Rebels there are
And put the Englishmen unto the sword.
up
,And put the Englishmen unto the sword.
Shakespeare
His name was
up
through all the adjoining provinces, even to Italy and Rome; many desiring to see who he was that could withstand so many years the Roman puissance. Milton.
Thou hast fired me; my soul’s
up
in arms. Dryden.
Grief and passion are like floods raised in little brooks by a sudden rain; they are quickly
up
. Dryden.
A general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger was
up
. Addison.
Let us, then, be
With a heart for any fate.
up
and doing,With a heart for any fate.
Longfellow.
(c)
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; – usually followed by to or with;
as, to be
. up
to the chin in water; to come up
with one's companions; to come up
with the enemy; to live up
to engagementsAs a boar was whetting his teeth,
up
comes a fox to him. L'Estrange.
(d)
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite;
as, in the phrases to eat
. up
; to drink up
; to burn up
; to sum up
; etc.; to shut up
the eyes or the mouth; to sew up
a rent☞ Some phrases of this kind are now obsolete; as, to spend up (
Prov. xxi. 20
); to kill up (B. Jonson
). (e)
Aside, so as not to be in use;
as, to lay
. up
riches; put up
your weapons☞ Up is used elliptically for get up, rouse up, etc., expressing a command or exhortation. “Up, and let us be going.”
Judg. xix. 28.
Up
, up
, my friend! and quit your books,Or surely you 'll grow double.
Wordsworth.
Up
,p
rep.
1.
From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
In going
up
a hill, the knees will be most weary; in going down, the thihgs. Bacon.
2.
From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream;
as, to journey
. up
the country; to sail up
the Hudson3.
Upon.
[Obs.]
“Up pain of death.” Chaucer.
Up
,Noun.
The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; – rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
[Colloq.]
Ups and downs
, alternate states of elevation and depression, or of prosperity and the contrary.
[Colloq.]
They had their
ups and downs
of fortune. Thackeray.
Up
,Adj.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward;
as, an
. up
look; an up
grade; the up
trainWebster 1828 Edition
Up
UP
, adv.1.
Aloft; on highBut up or down -
2.
Out of bed. He is not up.3.
Having risen from a seat.Sir Roger was up.
4.
From a state of concealment or discumbiture.5.
In a state of being built.Up with my tent.
6.
Above the horizon. The sun is up.7.
To a state of excitement. He was wrought up to a rage.8.
To a state of advance or proficiency.- Till we have wrought ourselves up to this degree of christian indifference.
9.
In a state of elevation or exaltation.Those that were up, kept others low.
10.
In a state of climbing or ascending. We went up to the city or town.11.
In a state of insurrection.The gentle archbishop of York is up.
My soul is up in arms.
12.
In a state of being increased or raised. The river is up; the flood is up.13.
In a state of approaching; as up comes a fox.14.
In order. He drew up his regiment.15.
From younger to elder years; as from his youth up.1.
Up and down, from one place to another; here and there.2.
From one state or position to another; backwards and forwards.1.
Up to, to an equal highth with; as up to the chin in water.2.
To a degree or point adequate. Live up to the principles professed.Up with, raise; life; as, up with the fist; up with the timber.
Up is much used to modify the actions expressed by verbs. It is very often useful and necessary; very often useless.
To bear up, to sustain.
To go up, to ascend.
To lift up, to raise.
To get up, to rise from bed or a seat.
To bind up, to bind together.
To blow up, to inflate; to distend; to inflame.
To grow up, to grow to maturity.
Up stream, from the mouth towards the head of a stream; against the stream; hence up is in a direction towards the head of a stream or river; as up the country.
Up sound, in the direction from the sea; opposed to down sound, that is, in the direction of the ebb tide.
Up is used elliptically for get up, expressing a command or exhortation.
Up, let us be going. Judges 19.