UPCLIMB

Etymology

Verb

upclimb (third-person singular simple present upclimbs, present participle upclimbing, simple past and past participle upclomb or upclimbed)

(archaic) To climb up; to ascend.

Anagrams

• climb up, plumbic

Source: Wiktionary


Up*climb", v. t. & i.

Definition: To climb up; to ascend. Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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