upswarm
verbEtymology From up- + swarm.
1
To rise in a swarm.
2
To cause to rise in a swarm.
- And both against the Peace of Heauen, and him, Haue here vp-swarmed them.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- Such was his exhortation; they his voice All hearing, with close-order'd ranks direct Bore on the barrier, and upswarming show'd On the high battlement their glittering spears1791, Homer, translated by W[illiam] Cowper, The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC: