What does upsteal mean?
Upsteal means (poetic, intransitive) To steal or creep upward..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(poetic, intransitive) To 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.
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.
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Upsteal means (poetic, intransitive) To steal or creep upward..
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[…] Or the potter, from whose wheel / Fair and finished shapes upsteal, / As by magic of command, / Guided by the loving hand.
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