Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upstay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-stay
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sustain, support.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"those two villeins, which her steps vpstayd, / When her weake feete could scarcely her sustaine, / And fading vitall powers gan to fade, / Her forward still with torture did constraine […]"
"Close to the vital seat of human clay; / Glad meetings, tender partings, that upstay"
"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,"
"1917, Henry Charles Beeching, The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, 246, The Tree of Life Lighten, O sword divine, to clear my way, / And thou, O happy heart, upstay"

Etymology

From up- + stay.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

upstays (present, singular) upstaying (participle, present) upstayed (participle, past) upstayed (past)

Questions

What does upstay mean?: To sustain, support.
Where does upstay come from?: From up- + stay.

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