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单词 upswell
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upswellv.

Etymology: up- prefix 3a + swell v. Compare Middle Dutch opswellen (Dutch opzwellen), Middle Low German upswellen, Middle High German ûfswellen (German aufschwellen).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈswell.
1. intransitive. To swell up; to rise up by or as by swelling. Also figurative.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > swell > swell up
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c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 108 The serpent Sathanas, That hath in Iues herte his waspes nest, Vp swal [Petworth MS. vpswal] and seide [etc.].
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 29 His feet ar vpswelling with raynes of bridil ybroached.
1740 J. Dyer Ruins of Rome 8 The num'rous Porticoes and Domes upswell, With..Columns interpos'd.
1816 W. Wordsworth Ode, 1814 14 The azure sea upswelled upon the sight.
1828 J. Sterling Ess. & Tales (1848) II. 62 The tall ash which..upswells to and waves amid the skies.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 666 In his heart upswelled a mighty flood Of..maddening grief.
2. transitive. To increase the volume of (something) by or as by swelling.
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the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > swell > swell up
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 32 As a trauayler..whips backward from woorme, with poysoned anger Vpsweld.
1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 563 Alps overlooking Alps their state upswell.
1845 J. C. Mangan Anthologia Germanica I. 48 The rain..dashes earthwards in floods, Upswelling the deluging fountains.
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