uplay

English

Etymology

From up- + lay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌpˈleɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

uplay (third-person singular simple present uplays, present participle uplaying, simple past and past participle uplaid)

  1. (transitive, rare) To lay up; hoard.
    • 1608, John Donne, Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling upon One Day:
      Or as though the least of His pains, deeds, or words,
      Would busy a life, she all this day affords;
      This treasure then, in gross, my soul uplay,
      And in my life retail it every day.

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