English

Verb

upspring ‎(third-person singular simple present upsprings, present participle upspringing, simple past upsprang or upsprung, past participle upsprung)

1. (intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Tennyson to this entry?)

   • Charles Morris, Historical Tales

     Might not its waters upspring in this new land, whose discovery was the great marvel of the age, and which men looked upon as the unknown east of Asia?

Synonyms

• (spring up): spring, spring up, sprout, arise, be born, come into existence

Derived terms

• upspringing
• upsprung

Noun

upspring ‎(plural upsprings)

1. (obsolete) An upstart.

   The swaggering upspring. — Shakespeare

2. A spring or leap into the air.
3. origin

Synonyms

• (upstart): parvenu, upstart
• (a spring or leap into the air): bound, jump, leap, spring

Derived terms

• upspring reel

Anagrams

• spring up