uprend

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ rend.

Verb

uprend (third-person singular simple present uprends, present participle uprending, simple past and past participle uprent)

1. (transitive, archaic) To tear up; to uproot.
   • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse:

     For earthquake swallowing earthquake
     Uprent the Wessex tree

Scots

Verb

uprend

1. (transitive) give up; render up; yield