upcaught

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adjective

Seized or caught up.

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Meanings

adjectiveupcaught (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableSeized or caught up.

    In ev'ry mouth / She [Scylla] bears upcaught a mariner away.

    1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book XII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 279, lines 117–118

Origin

From up- + caught.

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APA

upcaught. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcaught

MLA

“upcaught.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcaught. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upcaught,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcaught.

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