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upspring en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ʌpˈspɹɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English upspringen, from Old English uppspringan, ūpspringan, equivalent to up- + spring.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
   • 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? 1879, Charles Morris, Historical Tales:
   • In diamond light upspring the dazzling peaks Of Pyramids 1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Timbuctoo:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
upsprings	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
upsprang	Tense=Past		lexicographic
upspringing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
upsprung	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
upsprung	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

upsprung · upspringing

Synonyms

spring (spring up) · come into existence · be born · arise · sprout · spring up

upspring en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌpspɹɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English upspring, upspringe, from Old English upspring (“origin, birth, rising up, springing up”), equivalent to up- + spring. Cognate with Old Saxon upspring (“well; source; spring”), Middle Low German upspringen (“to spring up; grow”).

Meanings

1. A spring or leap into the air.
2. origin

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
upsprings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

upspring reel

Synonyms

jump (a spring or leap into the air) · leap (a spring or leap into the air) · upstart · parvenu · spring (a spring or leap into the air) · bound (a spring or leap into the air)