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

This is all we are told of the planting of that germ, of which the upgrowth is the Church of Christ.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry

That which ye sow- Is it ye who cause its upgrowth, or do we cause it to spring forth?

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Rodwell, J. M. (John Medows)

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

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