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upknit

upknit verb: to knit together; to unite.

Verb

upknit (third-person singular simple present upknits, present participle upknitting, simple past and past participle upknitted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To knit together; to unite.
    • Commerce, the cardinal condition and prerogative of peace, would work on with its myriads of interweaving shuttles, overwebbing and upknitting the divisions, meshing the sinews, and quenching the animus of war […]1848, Elihu Burritt, Bond of Brotherhood, page 69
    • Repose her restless spirit needs to upknit
      Her ravelled strength […]1873, Thomas Cooper, The Paradise of Martyrs, page 198

Forms of upknit

third-person singular presentupknits
present participleupknitting
past participleupknitted
pastupknitted

Questions about upknit

What does upknit mean?
Upknit means to knit together; to unite.
What part of speech is upknit?
Upknit is a verb.
What is the past tense of upknit?
The past tense of upknit is upknitted.

Words near upknit in the dictionary

  1. upkicks
  2. upkindle
  3. upkindled
  4. upkindles
  5. upkindling
  6. upknit
  7. upknits
  8. upknitted
  9. upknitting
  10. UPL
  11. upla

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