Definition of "well-up" [well-up]

• In cricket, pitched nearer to the batsman than is proper; beyond a length: said of the ball.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I still well-up when I hear his unmistakable voice tell a room of strangers about that grateful kid who called him from Altoona, Penn."
• "Of course, as we well-up at the anguish of these poor souls in Labour, they will manfully soldier on - because they are "effective" social democrats."
• "That may be the case, but I remain unconvinced that the well-up wasn't anything more than a stage act."