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upgrew

upgrew is the simple past of upgrow.

Meaning of upgrow

Verb

upgrow (third-person singular simple present upgrows, present participle upgrowing, simple past upgrew, past participle upgrown)

  1. (archaic) To grow up
    • Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew
      Insuperable height of loftiest shade1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    Synonyms:
    age, mature

Questions about upgrew

What is upgrew the simple past of?
Upgrew is the simple past of upgrow.

Words near upgrew in the dictionary

  1. upgrades
  2. upgradient
  3. upgrading
  4. upgradings
  5. Upgrave
  6. upgrew
  7. upgrow
  8. upgrowing
  9. upgrowings
  10. upgrown
  11. upgrows

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