upspear en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + spear.
Meanings
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(archaic, intransitive, poetic) To rise or point upward like spears.
A hundred tents upspear from out the foliage, and countless flocks and herds are safely pasturing around them. That is Beer-sheba, on the borders of the Philistines' land […]
1883, Robina Forrester Hardy, The Children of the Bible, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upspears | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upspeared | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upspeared | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upspearing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |