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up⋅well

[uhp-wel]
–verb (used without object)
to well up, as water from a spring.

Origin:
1880–85; up- + well 2
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up·well   (ŭp-wěl')   
intr.v.   up·welled, up·well·ing, up·wells
To rise from a lower or inner source; well up: tears upwelling in my eyes.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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