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upput

upput verb: to put up; to erect; to raise.

Verb

upput (third-person singular simple present upputs, present participle upputting, simple past and past participle upput)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To put up; to erect; to raise.
    • […] a supply out of the said vacant stipend for upputting the bridge of Alness.1896, Publications of the Scottish History Society, volume 24, page 161
    • By 29th October, 1655, the Council ordain John Layng "to upput the bridge and the burn betwixt the bridges" within ten days thereafter.1934, Andrew Beaumont Robertson, Annals of the Royal Burgh of Forres, page 54

Forms of upput

third-person singular presentupputs
present participleupputting
past participleupput
pastupput

Origin of upput

From up- + put.

Words formed from upput

Questions about upput

What does upput mean?
Upput means to put up; to erect; to raise.
What part of speech is upput?
Upput is a verb.
What is the past tense of upput?
The past tense of upput is upput.

Words near upput in the dictionary

  1. Uppsala
  2. uppush
  3. uppushed
  4. uppushes
  5. uppushing
  6. upput
  7. upputs
  8. upputting
  9. uppy
  10. upquiver
  11. upquivered

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