up·spring

[v. uhp-spring, n. uhp-spring] verb, up·sprang or up·sprung, up·sprung, up·spring·ing, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to spring up.
2.
to come into being or existence; arise: Prosperity began to upspring after the war.
noun Archaic.
3.
growth or development.
4.
a coming into existence; origin.

Origin:
before 1000; (v.) Middle English upspringen, Old English upspringan; (noun) Middle English; Old English upspringe. See up-, spring

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upspring
 
vb , -springs, -springing, -sprang, -sprung, -sprung
1.  (intr) to spring up or come into existence
 
n
2.  a leap forwards or upwards
3.  the act of coming into existence

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