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upsprouting

upsprouting is the present participle and gerund of upsprout.

Meaning of upsprout

Verb

upsprout (third-person singular simple present upsprouts, present participle upsprouting, simple past and past participle upsprouted)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To sprout up.
    • To-day he felt upsprout / Purest desires, and he hearkened / To those profoundest, wisest whispers / That in the sane will not be hushed;1883, George Henry Calvert, Sibyl, page 32

Questions about upsprouting

What is upsprouting the present participle and gerund of?
Upsprouting is the present participle and gerund of upsprout.

Words near upsprouting in the dictionary

  1. upspring
  2. upspringing
  3. upsprings
  4. upsprout
  5. upsprouted
  6. upsprouting
  7. upsprouts
  8. upsprung
  9. upspurt
  10. upspurted
  11. upspurting

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