upflame

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

up- +‎ flame

Verb[edit]

upflame (third-person singular simple present upflames, present participle upflaming, simple past and past participle upflamed)

  1. (poetic, archaic) To blaze or shine brightly.
    • 1919, The Canadian Magazine, volume 52, page 715:
      Have you not seen Him make upflame / The butterfly from out the crysalis?