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uprears

uprears is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 uprears

What is uprears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Uprears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uprear.

Words near uprears in the dictionary

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

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