upleap en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English uplepen, equivalent to up- + leap. Cognate with Dutch oplopen (“to incur, run up”), German auflaufen (“to accumulate, mount up, run aground”).
Meanings
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(intransitive) To leap up; spring up.
[F]rom his nook upleapt the venturous lad, / And flinging wide the cedar-carven door / Beheld an awful image saffron-clad / And armed for battle!
1881, Oscar Wilde, “Charmides”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upleapt | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upleapt | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uplope | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| uplope | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| upleaped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upleaped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| uplept | Tense=Past | archaic | lexicographic |
| uplept | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |
| upleaping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upleaps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| uplopen | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | archaic | lexicographic |