Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upgive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-give
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give up or yield up.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] we hereby resign, surrender, upgive, overgive and deliver, ALL and WHOLE — (here the lands were described) — together with all right, title and interest whatever […]"
"Then, too, are Jersey's sons all resolute, / Repairing to the camp in numbers great, / Their sufferings to avenge upon the foe, / Which all must cease should Jersey be upgiven."
"There fell a sudden rain then, from the gods: / Which glisters, in the sun, like golden hairs; / And earth upgave sweet savour of her sod, / Mingled with iron stink of sweat and blood."

Etymology

From up- + give. Cognate with German aufgeben (“to abandon, give up, quit”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up
Root: *gʰebʰ-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

upgives (present, singular) upgiving (participle, present) upgave (past) upgiven (participle, past)

Questions

What does upgive mean?: To give up or yield up.
Where does upgive come from?: From up- + give. Cognate with German aufgeben (“to abandon, give up, quit”).

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