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upflower

upflower verb: to flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.

Verb

upflower (third-person singular simple present upflowers, present participle upflowering, simple past and past participle upflowered)

  1. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
    • The beauteous babe — a sour old beldame's care, / Upflowered at length a matchless maid, and fair.1875, Paul Hamilton Hayne, The Mountain of the Lovers

Forms of upflower

third-person singular presentupflowers
present participleupflowering
past participleupflowered
pastupflowered

Origin of upflower

From up- + flower.

Questions about upflower

What does upflower mean?
Upflower means to flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
What part of speech is upflower?
Upflower is a verb.
What is the past tense of upflower?
The past tense of upflower is upflowered.

Words near upflower in the dictionary

  1. upfloods
  2. upfloor
  3. upfloors
  4. upflow
  5. upflowed
  6. upflower
  7. upflowered
  8. upflowering
  9. upflowers
  10. upflowing
  11. upflown

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