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upflame

upflame verb: to blaze or shine brightly.

Verb

upflame (third-person singular simple present upflames, present participle upflaming, simple past and past participle upflamed)

  1. (archaic, poetic) To blaze or shine brightly.
    • Have you not seen Him make upflame / The butterfly from out the crysalis?1919, The Canadian Magazine, volume 52, page 715

Forms of upflame

third-person singular presentupflames
present participleupflaming
past participleupflamed
pastupflamed

Origin of upflame

From up- + flame.

Questions about upflame

What does upflame mean?
Upflame means to blaze or shine brightly.
What part of speech is upflame?
Upflame is a verb.
What is the past tense of upflame?
The past tense of upflame is upflamed.

Words near upflame in the dictionary

  1. upfits
  2. upfitted
  3. upfitter
  4. upfitters
  5. upfitting
  6. upflame
  7. upflamed
  8. upflames
  9. upflaming
  10. upflare
  11. upflared

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