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crying up

crying up is the present participle and gerund 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 crying up

What is crying up the present participle and gerund of?
Crying up is the present participle and gerund of cry up.

Words near crying up in the dictionary

  1. crying shames
  2. crying someone a river
  3. crying stinking fish
  4. crying the blues
  5. crying uncle
  6. crying up
  7. crying wolf
  8. cryingly
  9. cryings
  10. crykonisine
  11. Crymelon

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