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▪ I. upˈstarting, vbl. n.
(up- 7.)
[1775Ash.] 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. I. 27 This continual upstarting of refractory powers.
▪ II. upˈstarting, pres. pple. and ppl. a.
(up- 6, 6 b. Cf. upstart v.)
1581Hanmer Jesuites Banner B 2 b, This new found order and vpstarting Jesuites. 1592Greene 2nd Pt. Conny Catch. A 2 b, Such vpstarting suckars that consume the sap from the roote of the Tree. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. v. 13 By this vpstarting from her swoune, she star'd..about her. 1784Cowper Task iii. 521 Then rise the tender germs upstarting quick. 1812J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 70 As to the touch of fairy-hand Upstarting dim the nameless land Extends its mountain line. c1830Praed Poems (1864) II. 308 Lo, they will weep.., Upstarting from their broken prayer. 1893McCarthy Dictator xxvi, She had..slept a little in a fitful, upstarting sort of way. |