Meanings
present singular third person upplucks · participle present upplucking · participle past upplight · past upplight · participle past upplucked · past upplucked · alternative up-pluck
- raretransitiveTo pluck up; pull up; deracinate.
The tree of justice, plant thou: the root of ill-wishers, up-pluck.
1891, Ḥāfiẓ, The Dīvān: Volume 23 more examples
And you, sweet flow'rs that in this garden grow...Yourselves uppluck'd would to his funeral hie.
c. 1632, Giles Fletcher, Alexander Balloch Grosart, Christ's triumph over DeathThe gates of the toun hath he upplight, and on his bak ycaried them hath he, [...]
1829, The London encyclopaedia, The Canterbury TalesFor to the seated hills they flew, Which loos'ning to and fro, Quickly upplucked by the roots And on their en'mys throw, [...]
1829, Zenas Campbell, Man's first estate and high revolt
Origin
- Middle Englishupplucken
- Englishuppluck
From Middle English upplucken, upplukken, equivalent to up- + pluck.
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