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upstarts

upstarts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 upstarts

What is upstarts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upstarts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upstart.

Words near upstarts in the dictionary

  1. upstartle
  2. upstartled
  3. upstartles
  4. upstartling
  5. upstartness
  6. upstarts
  7. upstat
  8. upstate
  9. upstater
  10. upstaters
  11. upstates

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