upstartingn.
(up- prefix 3d.)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > coming into existence
upspringc1000
arising1340
growingc1380
arrival1581
uprising1587
coming1626
rise1640
emersion1678
extancea1682
nascency1682
uprise1817
upstarting1845
becoming1853
nascence1892
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [noun] > quickly or suddenly
upstarting1845
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Upstarting, the act of springing up suddenly.]
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 27 This continual upstarting of refractory powers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
upstartingadj.
That starts up. Also as present participle.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > sprouting or germinating
bearingOE
burgeoninga1382
burging1398
springingc1400
sprouting1531
upstarting1581
sprigging1583
teeming1642
germinating1657
fruticant1670
shooting1717
chipping1743
the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > rising quickly or suddenly
upstarting1581
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adjective] > that begins
entering?a1425
beginning1576
upstarting1581
starting1811
commencing1830
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > that grows up or out
upstarting1581
excrescent1650
upgrowing1863
1581 M. Hanmer Iesuites Banner B 2 b This new found order and vpstarting Jesuites.
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching Ep. Ded. f. 4v Such vpstarting suckars that consume the sap from the roote of the Tree.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Qv By this vpstarting from her swoune, she star'd..About her. View more context for this quotation
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 521 Then rise the tender germs upstarting quick.
1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 70 As to the touch of fairy-hand Upstarting dim the nameless land Extends its mountain line.
c1830 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 308 Lo, they will weep.., Upstarting from their broken prayer.
1893 McCarthy Dictator xxvi She had..slept a little in a fitful, upstarting sort of way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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