Upspring

Origin

From Old English upspring ("origin, birth, rising up, springing up")

Full definition of upspring

Verb

1. (intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate.
• Charles Morris, Historical TalesMight not its waters upspring in this new land, whose discovery was the great marvel of the age, and which men looked upon as the unknown east of Asia?
2. (intransitive) To come into being.

Synonyms

• (spring up) spring, spring up, sprout
• (come into being) arise, be born, come into existence

Derived terms

• upspringing
• upsprung

Noun

1. (obsolete) An upstart.The swaggering upspring. — Shakespeare
2. A spring or leap into the air.
3. origin

Synonyms

• (upstart) parvenu, upstart
• (a spring or leap into the air) bound, jump, leap, spring

Derived terms

• upspring reel

Anagrams

• spring up