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upsprung

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up⋅spring

  [v. uhp-spring, n. uhp-spring] verb, -sprang or -sprung, -sprung, -spring⋅ing, noun
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–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
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up·spring   (ŭp-sprĭng')   
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.

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