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cried up

cried up is the simple past and past participle of cry up.

Meaning of cry up

Verb

cry up (third-person singular simple present cries up, present participle crying up, simple past and past participle cried up)

  1. (transitive) To extol, praise.
    • Though we cry up the great advantage we have above all other animals, in being capable of religion, yet those animals, we despise for want of it, herd most socially together; except such carnivorous creatures which necessity separates.1730, Matthew Tindal, Christianity as Old as the Creation

Questions about cried up

What is cried up the simple past and past participle of?
Cried up is the simple past and past participle of cry up.

Words near cried up in the dictionary

  1. cried poormouth
  2. cried someone a river
  3. cried stinking fish
  4. cried the blues
  5. cried uncle
  6. cried up
  7. cried wolf
  8. criedst
  9. Crieff
  10. crier
  11. criers

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