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uprearing

uprearing is the present participle and gerund of uprear.

Meaning of uprear

Verb

uprear (third-person singular simple present uprears, present participle uprearing, simple past and past participle upreared)

  1. (ambitransitive) To raise something up; to rise up; to erect
    • With tears, with blushes, sighs and clasped hands, / With innocent upreared arms to heaven, […]1600 or 1601 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], Antonios Reuenge. The Second Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde [by Matthew Lownes] […]...

Questions about uprearing

What is uprearing the present participle and gerund of?
Uprearing is the present participle and gerund of uprear.

Words near uprearing in the dictionary

  1. upreached
  2. upreaches
  3. upreaching
  4. uprear
  5. upreared
  6. uprearing
  7. uprears
  8. upregulatable
  9. upregulate
  10. upregulated
  11. upregulates

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