Meaning of upsend | Babel Free
Definitions
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To send, cast, or throw up; deliver; submit. archaic, transitive
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To ascend; climb up. Scotland, US, intransitive
Examples
“And now upsend afar a deaf'ning shout [...]”
“Hermes and Earth and Thou, Monarch of Hades, do ye now His spirit to the light upsend; [...]”
“Down and down, but the corky sea upsends me to the light again, and there under my hand is rock, a port in the storm, a little peaking black rock that no main mariner has struck before me, nor map ever charted, just a single black basalt rock, [...]”
“But when the sun of the fifth day had risen, The Keepers of the Faith, upon a pyre Built near the council-house, with solemn rites Burnt the White Dog, upsending with the smoke The message of their loyalty and thanks.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.