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upgrown

upgrown is the past participle 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 upgrown

What is upgrown the past participle of?
Upgrown is the past participle of upgrow.

Words near upgrown in the dictionary

  1. Upgrave
  2. upgrew
  3. upgrow
  4. upgrowing
  5. upgrowings
  6. upgrown
  7. upgrows
  8. upgrowth
  9. upgrowths
  10. upgun
  11. upgunned

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