upgrowth

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For to be discontented with the divine discontent, and to be ashamed with the noble shame, is the very germ and first upgrowth of all virtue. 

From Health and Education by Kingsley, Charles

It shows us primitive or primeval man, the dawn of civilization, the daybreak of religion, the upgrowth of national life.

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy

The vigour of English life showed itself in the wide extension of commerce, in the progress of the towns, and the upgrowth of a free yeomanry.

From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by Green, John Richard

A, First appearance of the eye as a ring-like upgrowth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

A’, A’, outer edges of the atoll formed by upgrowth of the coral during the subsidence of the peak.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various