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upswarm

verb

Etymology

From up- + swarm.

  1. inherited from *swarmijaną✻ — “to swarm”
  2. inherited from *swarmijan✻
  3. inherited from swirman — “to swarm”
  4. inherited from swarmen
  5. derived from *swer-✻ — “to buzz, hum”
  6. inherited from *swarmaz✻ — “swarm, dizziness”
  7. inherited from *swarm✻
  8. inherited from swearm — “swarm, multitude”
  9. inherited from swarm
  10. prefixed as upswarm — “up + swarm”

Definitions

  1. To rise in a swarm.

  2. To cause to rise in a swarm.

    • And both against the Peace of Heauen, and him, Haue here vp-swarmed them.
    • Such was his exhortation; they his voice All hearing, with close-order'd ranks direct Bore on the barrier, and upswarming show'd On the high battlement their glittering spears

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