upburn

English

Etymology

up- +‎ burn

Verb

upburn (third-person singular simple present upburns, present participle upburning, simple past and past participle upburned or upburnt)

  1. (poetic, archaic) To burn; to blaze up.
    • 1849, James Staunton Babcock, Visions and Voices, page 148:
      All chill without, yet in the heart what feelings warm upburn, / What memories old and half forgot, like travelers far, return!
    • 1850, Charles Frederick Briggs, The Dollar Magazine, volumes 5-6, page 599:
      And clear, and bright, and steadfastly, / In every cup the flame upburns, / The beauty of the milky-way / Is the pale incense of their urns.
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