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upˈrooted, pa. pple. and ppl. a.
[up- 5, or f. uproot v.1]
Rooted up; eradicated. Also fig.
a1593Marlowe tr. Lucan i. 4 We sing..Armies alied, the kingdoms league vprooted. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 781 At his command the uprooted Hills retir'd. 1737Glover Leonidas ix. 294 With prostrate glories lie the stately oak..And elm uprooted. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes iii. xxv. 22 The Bacchanalian Maids..Tear from the bursting Glebe th' uprooted Tree. 1809J. Barlow Columb. x. 257 For him no more..Uprooted mountains sweep the dark profound. 1844Kinglake Eothen viii, One man above all others (he is now uprooted from society) she blasted with her wrath. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. iii, Almost as helpless as an uprooted tree. |