uparch

English

Etymology

up- +‎ arch

Verb

uparch (third-person singular simple present uparches, present participle uparching, simple past and past participle uparched)

1. (geology, transitive) To cause to arch upward.
   • 1952, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, page 38:

     The rise of this dome uparched the surrounding beds, locally reversing their earlier dips.