UPROOTED

Verb

uprooted

simple past tense and past participle of uproot

Adjective

uprooted (comparative more uprooted, superlative most uprooted)

(of a plant) Having been fully removed, including the roots.

(figurative, by extension) Having been removed from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.

Source: Wiktionary


UPROOT

Up*root", v. t.

Definition: To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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