upcatchv.
(up- prefix 3a, 3b.)
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > catch or snatch up
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a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ff1v The wynds vpcaught yt strocke and Iuno quene ye daunger brake.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. v. sig. Gg4 He..His bootelesse bow in feeble hand vpcaught.
a1711 T. Ken Psyche iv, in Wks. (1721) IV. 269 He Psyche, as he Jesus once, upcaught.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xii. 118 With ev'ry mouth She bears upcaught a mariner away.
1820 W. Wordsworth To Enterprise 132 Withered leaves, from earth's cold breast Up-caught in whirlwinds, nowhere can find rest.
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