Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pile or heap up; accumulate.
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- verb transitive To
pile or heap up;accumulate .
Etymologies
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From Middle English uphepen, equivalent to up- + heap.
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Examples
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He saw what had happened -- he saw that hunched-upheap inside.
After Death -- What 1916
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Now this Darwaysh was a Moorman from Inner Marocco and he was a magician who could upheap by his magic hill upon hill, and he was also an adept in astrology.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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