noun
Meaning 1
A spring or leap into the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
upspring
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Pronunciation
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/ˈʌpspɹɪŋ/
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/ʌpˈspɹɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪŋ
noun
Meaning 2
origin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English upspring, upspringe, from Old English upspring (“origin, birth, rising up, springing up”), equivalent to up- + spring. Cognate with Old Saxon upspring (“well; source; spring”), Middle Low German upspringen (“to spring up; grow”).
From Middle English upspringen, from Old English uppspringan, ūpspringan, equivalent to up- + spring.