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upstartle

upstartle verb: to cause to rise up in startlement.

Verb

upstartle (third-person singular simple present upstartles, present participle upstartling, simple past and past participle upstartled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cause to rise up in startlement.

Forms of upstartle

third-person singular presentupstartles
present participleupstartling
past participleupstartled
pastupstartled

Origin of upstartle

From up- + startle.

Questions about upstartle

What does upstartle mean?
Upstartle means to cause to rise up in startlement.
What part of speech is upstartle?
Upstartle is a verb.
What is the past tense of upstartle?
The past tense of upstartle is upstartled.

Words near upstartle in the dictionary

  1. upstart
  2. upstarted
  3. upstarting
  4. upstartish
  5. upstartism
  6. upstartle
  7. upstartled
  8. upstartles
  9. upstartling
  10. upstartness
  11. upstarts

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