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upcaught

upcaught adjective: seized or caught up.

Adjective

upcaught (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Seized or caught up.
    • In ev'ry mouth / She [Scylla] bears upcaught a mariner away.1791, Homer, “[The Odyssey.] Book XII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 279...

Origin of upcaught

From up- + caught.

Questions about upcaught

What does upcaught mean?
Upcaught means seized or caught up.
What part of speech is upcaught?
Upcaught is an adjective.

Words near upcaught in the dictionary

  1. upcasing
  2. upcast
  3. upcasted
  4. upcasting
  5. upcasts
  6. upcaught
  7. upcharge
  8. upcharged
  9. upcharges
  10. upcharging
  11. upchat

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