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up-

a combining form of up: upland; upshot; upheaval.

Origin:
ME; OE
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  1. Up; upward: upheave.

  2. Upper: upland.


[Middle English, from Old English ūp-, upp-; see upo in Indo-European roots.]
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up- 
prefix with various senses, from O.E. up (see up), corresponding to similar prefixes in other Gmc. languages.
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