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upleap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
up-leap
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leap up; spring up.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English uplepen, equivalent to up- + leap. Cognate with Dutch oplopen (“to incur, run up”), German auflaufen (“to accumulate, mount up, run aground”).

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Inflected Forms

upleaps (present, singular) upleaping (participle, present) upleaped (past) upleapt (past) uplept (archaic, past) uplope (archaic, past) upleaped (participle, past) upleapt (participle, past) uplept (archaic, participle) uplope (archaic, participle) uplopen (archaic, participle)

Questions

What does upleap mean?
To leap up; spring up.
Where does upleap come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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