upgrow
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upgrow (third-person singular simple present upgrows, present participle upgrowing, simple past upgrew, past participle upgrown)
- (archaic) To grow up
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:
- Access deny'd ; and overhead upgrew
Insuperable height of loftiest shade
Synonyms[edit]
- age, mature; see also Thesaurus:to age