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upglancing

upglancing is the present participle and gerund of upglance.

Meaning of upglance

Verb

upglance (third-person singular simple present upglances, present participle upglancing, simple past and past participle upglanced)

  1. (obsolete) To glance upwards.
    • I stood beside her couch, with her thin fingers clasped round my hand ever so long, looking down at the earnest eyes upglancing from the pillow.1864, Jenny Wren, Facts and fancies, in prose and verse, page 195

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Questions about upglancing

What is upglancing the present participle and gerund of?
Upglancing is the present participle and gerund of upglance.

Words near upglancing in the dictionary

  1. upgives
  2. upgiving
  3. upglance
  4. upglanced
  5. upglances
  6. upglancing
  7. upglide
  8. upglides
  9. upgliding
  10. UPGMA
  11. upgo

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