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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
up·spring       [v. uhp-spring, n. uhp-spring] Pronunciation Key verb, -sprang or -sprung, -sprung, -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: bef. 1000; (v.) ME upspringen, OE upspringan; (n.) ME; OE upspringe. See up-, spring]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
up·spring       (ŭp-sprĭng')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   up·sprang (-sprāng') or up·sprung (-sprŭng'), up·sprung, up·spring·ing, up·springs
  1. To spring up, as from the soil.
  2. To come into being; arise.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Upspring

Up*spring"\, v. i. To spring up. --Tennyson.

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Upspring

Up"spring`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] "The swaggering upspring." --Shak.

2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] --Chapman.

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