upspring

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. up spring′, n. up′spring′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
up•spring  (v. up spring′, n. up′spring′),USA pronunciation v., -sprang or -sprung, -sprung, -spring•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to spring up.
  2. to come into being or existence;
    arise:Prosperity began to upspring after the war.

n. Archaic. 
  1. growth or development.
  2. a coming into existence;
    origin.
  • bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English upspringen, Old English upspringan; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English upspringe. See up-, spring

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