upflame

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verb

To blaze or shine brightly.

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Meanings

verbupflame (third-person singular simple present upflames, present participle upflaming, simple past and past participle upflamed)

present singular third person upflames · participle present upflaming · participle past upflamed · past upflamed

  1. archaicpoeticTo blaze or shine brightly.

    Have you not seen Him make upflame / The butterfly from out the crysalis?

    1919, The Canadian Magazine, volume 52, page 715

Origin

From up- + flame.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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