upflower

English

Etymology

up- +‎ flower

Verb

upflower (third-person singular simple present upflowers, present participle upflowering, simple past and past participle upflowered)

1. (intransitive, poetic, archaic) To flower; to reach a state of full development or achievement.
   • 1875, Paul Hamilton Hayne, The Mountain of the Lovers:

     The beauteous babe — a sour old beldame's care, / Upflowered at length a matchless maid, and fair.