[UP- 4. Cf. Du. opzenden.] trans. To send up; to discharge upwards.

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1667.  Milton, P. L., I. 541. At which the universal Host upsent A shout that tore Hells Concave.

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1791.  Cowper, Iliad, XVIII. 257. As when some island … Upsends a smoke to heaven.

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1816.  Monthly Mag., XLI. 144. Huge bonfires first their cones of flame upsend.

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1854.  Syd. Dobell, Balder, v. 33. Sudden the universal host upsent Impotent rage.

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