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upburn

upburn verb: to burn; to blaze up.

Verb

upburn (third-person singular simple present upburns, present participle upburning, simple past and past participle upburned or upburnt)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To burn; to blaze up.
    • All chill without, yet in the heart what feelings warm upburn, / What memories old and half forgot, like travelers far, return!1849, James Staunton Babcock, Visions and Voices, page 148
    • And clear, and bright, and steadfastly, / In every cup the flame upburns, / The beauty of the milky-way / Is the pale incense of their urns.1850, Charles Frederick Briggs, The Dollar Magazine, volumes 5-6, page 599

Forms of upburn

third-person singular presentupburns
present participleupburning
past participleupburned
pastupburned
past participleupburnt
pastupburnt

Origin of upburn

up- + burn

Questions about upburn

What does upburn mean?
Upburn means to burn; to blaze up.
What part of speech is upburn?
Upburn is a verb.
What is the past tense of upburn?
The past tense of upburn is upburned.

Words near upburn in the dictionary

  1. upbuoy
  2. upbuoyance
  3. upbuoyed
  4. upbuoying
  5. upbuoys
  6. upburn
  7. upburned
  8. upburning
  9. upburns
  10. upburnt
  11. upburst

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