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From up- + flame.
upflame (third-person singular simple present upflames, present participle upflaming, simple past and past participle upflamed)
- (poetic, archaic) To blaze or shine brightly.
1919, The Canadian Magazine, volume 52, page 715:Have you not seen Him make upflame / The butterfly from out the crysalis?
