uprend
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uprend (third-person singular simple present uprends, present participle uprending, simple past and past participle uprent)
- (transitive, archaic) To tear up; to uproot.
- 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse:
- For earthquake swallowing earthquake
Uprent the Wessex tree
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uprend
- (transitive) give up; render up; yield