āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
upran
simple past tense of uprun
• PƤrnu, pruan, ran up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*run", v. i.
Definition: To run up; to ascend. The young sun That in the Ram is four degrees uprun. Chaucer. [A son] of matchless might, who, like a thriving plant, Upran to manhood. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
āCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.ā ā Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States