v. [UP- 4. Cf. NFris. upklêm, MDu. opclemmen, -climmen (Du. opklimmen), MLG. upklemmen, MHG. ûfklimmen (G. aufklimmen).] intr. and trans. To climb up; to ascend. Also Upclimber, -climbing.
1546. Joye, Declar., xcii b. His arrogant vpcliminge and extollinge of him selfe aboue god.
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis, II. (Arb.), 54. I run forward…, Wheare shouts vpclymbing most rise.
1600. Fairfax, Tasso, XVIII. xci. Farre in the aire vp clombe the fortresse tall, Higher than … church or towre.
1816. Monthly Mag., XLI. 527. Some promise to upclimb the light-house spire.
1845. Mangan, German Anthology, II. 133. To the topmost peak upclomb The conquerors in that bloody fray!
1878. T. Sinclair, Mount, 274. To show sincere students and upclimbers some of the footsteps of their predecessors.
