upgrow

English

Etymology

up- +‎ grow

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌpˈɡɹəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Verb

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

1. (archaic) To grow up
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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

• grow up