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▪ I. ˈupbreak, n.
[up- 2. Cf. next.]
1. An eruption or outburst.
1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 54 Through all The upbreak of the fountains of my heart. 1871E. F. Burr Ad Fidem xiv. 277 A furious upbreak of unbelief.
2. A breaking-up or dissolution.
1882Macm. Mag. XLV. 496 The upbreak of the Catholico-Feudal System.
▪ II. upbreak, v.|ʌpˈbreɪk|
[up- 4. Cf. WFris. opbrekke, (M)Du. opbreken, (M)LG. upbreken, LG. upbräken, MHG. ûfbrëchen (G. aufbrechen), Da. opbrække.]
†1. intr. To break out; to begin to speak. Obs.
c1205Lay. 5431 Þeo hit [alles] up bræc, hit wes god þat he spec. c1320Castel Love 457 So þat Pees a-last vp-breek, And þus to hire Fader speek.
2. trans. To break up; to break open.
1382Wyclif Gen. xix. 9 Now nyȝ it was that thei shulden vp breke [L. effringerent] the ȝatis. a1400Octouian 190 The emperour tho..gan vp-breke The dore. c1440Pallad. on Husb. viii. 1 At Iuyl the lond vpbroken in Aprile Is eft to plowe. 1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 24 Thee stags vpbreaking they slit to the dulcet or inchepyn. 1855Lynch Rivulet viii. i, As a field Is by the plough up-broken for the corn. 1885–94R. Bridges Eros & Psyche May iv, The sun..Upbroke the grey dome of the morning sky.
3. intr. To force or make a way upward or to the surface.
1859Tennyson Guinevere 391 They..rode..over sheets of hyacinth That seem'd the heavens upbreaking thro' the earth. 1887Cornhill Mag. Aug. 214 When from the gloom Of the dark earth upbreaks the tender bloom. |