upsprout

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verb

To sprout up.

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Meanings

verbupsprout (third-person singular simple present upsprouts, present participle upsprouting, simple past and past participle upsprouted)

present singular third person upsprouts · participle present upsprouting · participle past upsprouted · past upsprouted

  1. intransitivepoeticTo sprout up.

    To-day he felt upsprout / Purest desires, and he hearkened / To those profoundest, wisest whispers / That in the sane will not be hushed;

    1883, George Henry Calvert, Sibyl, page 32

Origin

From up- + sprout.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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