upsteal

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verb

To steal or creep upward.

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Meanings

verbupsteal (third-person singular simple present upsteals, present participle upstealing, simple past upstole, past participle upstolen)

present singular third person upsteals · participle present upstealing · past upstole · participle past upstolen

  1. intransitivepoeticTo steal or creep upward.

    […] Or the potter, from whose wheel / Fair and finished shapes upsteal, / As by magic of command, / Guided by the loving hand.

    1905, Bliss Carman, Poems, volume 2, page 212
    1 more example

    Yet, maybe, in some soul, / In some spot undiscerned on sea or land, some impulse rose, / Or some intent upstole / Of that enkindling ardency from whose maturer glows / The world's amendment flows.

    1901, Thomas Hardy, A Commonplace Day

Origin

From up- + steal.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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