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Webster 1913 Edition

Uproot

Up-root′

,

Verb.

T.

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

Trees

uprooted

left their place.

Dryden.

At his command the

uprooted

hills retired.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Uproot

UPROOT'

,

Verb.

T.

[up and root.] To root up; to tear up by the roots; as, to uproot the hills or trees.