Upsteal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Upsteal is a verb meaning (poetic, intransitive) To steal or creep upward.
Meaning
(poetic, intransitive) To steal or creep upward.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
Word Forms
- upsteals
- upstealing
- upstole
- upstolen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include steal, upcreep, purloin, sneak, becreep, upcrawl.
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