Meanings
verbuprear (third-person singular simple present uprears, present participle uprearing, simple past and past participle upreared)
present singular third person uprears · participle present uprearing · participle past upreared · past upreared
- ambitransitiveTo raise something up; to rise up; to erect
a huge peak, black and huge, as if with voluntary power instinct, upreared its head.
1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude1 more example
With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]
1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
- Middle Englishupreren
- Englishuprear
From Middle English upreren, equivalent to up- + rear.
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Rhymes with uprear
hereyearclearnearcareerheargearappearwearfearvolunteermirrorpremierdearbeerseverepeerearpioneerPierredeermeretiersheer
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APA
uprear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprear
MLA
“uprear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprear. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uprear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uprear.
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