upswallowv.
(up- prefix 3a, 3b, 3c.)
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.)
supeOE
eatc950
fretc1000
forthnimc1175
forfret?c1225
to-fret?c1225
swallowa1340
devourc1374
upsoup1382
consumea1398
bisweligha1400
founderc1400
absorb1490
to swallow up1531
upsupa1547
incinerate1555
upswallow1591
fire1592
absume1596
abyss1596
worm1604
depredate1626
to gulp downa1644
whelm1667
1591 M. Drayton Harmonie of Church sig. C4 Mighty wallowing waues..Haue with their power upswallowed me.
1618 H. Ainsworth Annot. Bk. Psalmes (ed. 2) cvii. 27 All their wisdom is upswallowed quight.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 176 And the greedy spear upswallowing Man by man, its gory food.
1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 97 Some, victims to stern-gazing Mars The Furies give: and sailors The greedy sea upswallows.
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