"upstay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: upstays [present, singular, third-person], upstaying [participle, present], upstayed [participle, past], upstayed [past]
Etymology: From up- + stay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|stay}} up- + stay Head templates: {{en-verb}} upstay (third-person singular simple present upstays, present participle upstaying, simple past and past participle upstayed)
  1. (now rare) To sustain, support. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-upstay-en-verb-DalPdAdY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1820, The River Duddon A Series of Sonnets, XXVIII, Journey Renewed",
          "text": "Close to the vital seat of human clay; / Glad meetings, tender partings, that upstay"
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          "ref": "1910, The Aeneid of Virgil as translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor",
          "text": "In front, a massive gateway threats the sky, / And posts of solid adamant upstay / An iron tower, firm-planted to defy / All force, divine or human. Night and day,"
        },
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          "text": "1917, Henry Charles Beeching, The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, 246, The Tree of Life\nLighten, O sword divine, to clear my way, / And thou, O happy heart, upstay"
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