uptrain (third-person singular simple present uptrains, present participle uptraining, simple past and past participle uptrained)
(transitive) To train up; educate.
• Puritan, puritan, tanpuri, train up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*train", v. t.
Definition: To train up; to educate. [Obs.] "Daughters which were well uptrained." Spenser.
Up"-train`.
1. A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. [Eng.]
2. A train going in the direction conventionally called up. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
