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Thesaurus: upstay

To sustain; to support.

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  1. v. t. To sustain; to support.
  2. To sustain; to support. [Obs.] "His massy spear upstayed." Milton.
  3. To sustain; to support. [Obs.] "His massy spear upstayed."Milton.
  4. upstay (third-person singular simple present upstays, present participle upstaying, simple past and past participle upstayed) (now rare) To sustain, support.