upstartle

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verb

To cause to rise up in startlement.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

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

present singular third person upstartles · participle present upstartling · participle past upstartled · past upstartled

  1. archaictransitiveTo cause to rise up in startlement.

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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