upgrowth

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The mighty upgrowth of nations and the great achievements of history germinated in the nursery of home and at the mother’s breast.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

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

Reforesting by the upgrowth of young trees is still going on to a limited extent, but is in danger.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

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

But from the time of his visits to Milan and Genoa his sympathies drew him not to the dying verse of France but to the new and mighty upgrowth of poetry in Italy.

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