upgrow

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌpˈɡɹəʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

upgrow (third-person singular simple present upgrows, present participle upgrowing, simple past upgrew, past participle upgrown)

(archaic) To grow up
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew
  Insuperable height of loftiest shade

Synonyms

age, mature; see also Thesaurus:to age

Translations

grow up

Dutch: opgroeien (nl)
French: grandir (fr)
German: wachsen (de)
West Frisian: opwaakse

Anagrams

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