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Definition of Spring up
1. Verb. Come into existence; take on form or shape. "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
Related verbs: Develop
Generic synonyms: Become
Specialized synonyms: Resurge, Come Forth, Emerge, Come, Follow, Swell, Well Up, Head
Derivative terms: Growth, Origin, Origination, Origination, Originative
Definition of Spring up
1. Verb. (intransitive) To appear suddenly. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive figuratively) To come rapidly into existence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Up
Literary usage of Spring up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the by Abraham Fornander, John F. G. Stokes (1885)
"Tab., wai- puna, spring water, bubbling water; Sam., puna, spring up, boil up,
bubble; s. spring of water. Tong., Marqu., puna, id. Tagal., ma-punga, liquid ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... which began in his Time to spring up in England. Cilicia ; and if it was the
true Interest of Pythagoras, though a zealous Protestant . ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Q. Is It not a fact that there Is no constant and never-falling spring up that
hollow [the mountain hollow] that could furnish the water to flow In the ..."
4. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... sit down on: and after awhile the power of the Lord began to spring up among
Friends, and one began to speak. The constables soon forbade him, and said, ..."
5. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"The pure flame of virtue that burned in his heart never suffered sensual fires
to spring up there. ..."
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