Meanings
verbupcheer (third-person singular simple present upcheers, present participle upcheering, simple past and past participle upcheered)
present singular third person upcheers · participle present upcheering · participle past upcheered · past upcheered
- archaictransitiveTo cheer up.
The sad Briana which all this beheld ; Who comming forth yet full of late affray Sir Calidore upcheard
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLCSynonyms: elate, happify, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer
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verbTo cheer up.
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APA
upcheer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcheer
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“upcheer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcheer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upcheer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcheer.
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