stelled

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adjective

Firmly placed or fixed.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stell
adjectivestelled (not comparable)
  1. dialectalnot comparableobsoleteFirmly placed or fixed.

    The sea , with such a storm as his bare head In hell-black night endur'd , would have buoy'd up, And quench'd the stelled fires

    c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]
  2. not comparableobsoleteStarry.

Origin

From stell (“to set, place, fix”).

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APA

stelled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelled

MLA

“stelled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stelled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelled.

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