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English
Etymology
From up- + swarm.
Verb
upswarm (third-person singular simple present upswarms, present participle upswarming, simple past and past participle upswarmed)
- (transitive) To rise in a swarm.
- (intransitive) To cause to rise in a swarm.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :And both against the Peace of Heauen, and him,
Haue here vp-swarmed them.
1791, Homer, translated by W[illiam] Cowper, The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: J Johnson, , →OCLC:Such was his exhortation; they his voice
All hearing, with close-order'd ranks direct
Bore on the barrier, and upswarming show'd
On the high battlement their glittering spears
References
“upswarm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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