upcaught

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ caught.

Adjective

upcaught (not comparable)

(archaic) Seized or caught up.
- 1791, Homer, W[illiam] Cowper, transl., “[The Odyssey.] Book XII.”, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume II, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 279, lines 117–118:
  In ev'ry mouth / She [Scylla] bears upcaught a mariner away.

Anagrams

caught up

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