(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:11:50

Up*root" (?), v. t.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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