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Webster 1913 Edition
Upspring
Up-spring′
,Verb.
I.
To spring up.
Tennyson.
Up′springˊ
,Noun.
1.
An upstart.
[Obs.]
“The swaggering upspring.” Shak.
2.
A spring or leap into the air.
[R.]
Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Upspring
UP'SPRING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
upspring
upspring
English
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upspring (third-person singular simple present upsprings, present participle upspringing, simple past upsprang or upsprung, past participle upsprung)
- (intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)
- Charles Morris, Historical Tales
- 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?
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upspring (plural upsprings)
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- upspring reel