pa. pple. and ppl. a. [UP- 5, or f. UPROOT v.1] Rooted up; eradicated. Also fig.

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a. 1593.  Marlowe, trans. Lucan, I. 4. We sing … Armies alied, the kingdoms league vprooted.

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1667.  Milton, P. L., VI. 781. At his command the uprooted Hills retir’d.

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1737.  Glover, Leonidas, IX. 294. With prostrate glories lie the stately oak … And elm uprooted.

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1743.  Francis, trans. Hor., Odes, III. xxv. 22. The Bacchanalian Maids … Tear from the bursting Globe th’ uprooted Tree.

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1809.  J. Barlow, Columb., X. 257. For him no more … Uprooted mountains sweep the dark profound.

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1844.  Kinglake, Eöthen, viii. One man above all others (he is now uprooted from society) she blasted with her wrath.

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1861.  Geo. Eliot, Silas M., iii. Almost as helpless as an uprooted tree.

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