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upˈclimb, v.
[up- 4. Cf. NFris. upklêm, MDu. opclemmen, -climmen (Du. opklimmen), MLG. upklemmen, MHG. ûfklimmen (G. aufklimmen).]
intr. and trans. To climb up; to ascend. Also upˈclimber, -ˈclimbing.
1546Joye Declar. xcii b, His arrogant vpcliminge and extollinge of him selfe aboue god. 1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 54, I run forward.., Wheare shouts vpclymbing most rise. 1600Fairfax Tasso xviii. xci, Farre in the aire vp clombe the fortresse tall, Higher than..church or towre.
1816Monthly Mag. XLI. 527 Some promise to upclimb the light-house spire. 1845J. C. Mangan German Anthology II. 133 To the topmost peak upclomb The conquerors in that bloody fray! 1878T. Sinclair Mount 274 To show sincere students and upclimbers some of the footsteps of their predecessors. |