upleap

English

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”).

Verb

upleap (third-person singular simple present upleaps, present participle upleaping, simple past upleaped or upleapt or (archaic) uplept or (archaic) uplope, past participle upleaped or upleapt or (archaic) uplept or (archaic) uplope or (archaic) uplopen)

  1. (intransitive) To leap up; spring up.
    • 1881, Oscar Wilde, “Charmides”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 106:
      [F]rom his nook upleapt the venturous lad, / And flinging wide the cedar-carven door / Beheld an awful image saffron-clad / And armed for battle!

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