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upwent

upwent is the simple past of upgo.

Meaning of upgo

Verb

upgo (third-person singular simple present upgoes, present participle upgoing, simple past upwent, past participle upgone)

  1. (archaic) to go up
    • At these words upflew
      The impatient doves, uprose the floating Car,
      Upwent the hum celestial.1818, John Keats, Endymion, fair copy, as reprinted in Khalip, Jacques and Pyle, Forest, Constellations of a Contemporary Romanticism

Questions about upwent

What is upwent the simple past of?
Upwent is the simple past of upgo.

Words near upwent in the dictionary

  1. upwell
  2. upwelled
  3. upwelling
  4. upwellings
  5. upwells
  6. upwent
  7. Upwey
  8. upwheel
  9. upwheeled
  10. upwheeling
  11. upwheels

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