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upstarted

upstarted is the simple past and past participle of upstart.

Meaning of upstart

Verb

upstart (third-person singular simple present upstarts, present participle upstarting, simple past and past participle upstarted)

  1. To rise suddenly, to spring
    • Th' Elfe therewith astownd,
      Upstarted lightly from his looser make,
      And his unready weapons gan in hand to take.1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about upstarted

What is upstarted the simple past and past participle of?
Upstarted is the simple past and past participle of upstart.

Words near upstarted in the dictionary

  1. upstare
  2. upstared
  3. upstares
  4. upstaring
  5. upstart
  6. upstarted
  7. upstarting
  8. upstartish
  9. upstartism
  10. upstartle
  11. upstartled

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