Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to upstay
Participle: upstayed
Gerund: upstaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | upstay |
| you | upstay |
| he;she;it | upstays |
| we | upstay |
| you | upstay |
| they | upstay |
Perfect
| I | have upstayed |
| you | have upstayed |
| he;she;it | has upstayed |
| we | have upstayed |
| you | have upstayed |
| they | have upstayed |
Past
| I | upstayed |
| you | upstayed |
| he;she;it | upstayed |
| we | upstayed |
| you | upstayed |
| they | upstayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had upstayed |
| you | had upstayed |
| he;she;it | had upstayed |
| we | had upstayed |
| you | had upstayed |
| they | had upstayed |
Future
| I | will upstay |
| you | will upstay |
| he;she;it | will upstay |
| we | will upstay |
| you | will upstay |
| they | will upstay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have upstayed |
| you | will have upstayed |
| he;she;it | will have upstayed |
| we | will have upstayed |
| you | will have upstayed |
| they | will have upstayed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | upstay |
| you | upstay |
| he;she;it | upstay |
| we | upstay |
| you | upstay |
| they | upstay |
Perfect
| I | have upstayed |
| you | have upstayed |
| he;she;it | have upstayed |
| we | have upstayed |
| you | have upstayed |
| they | have upstayed |
Imperfect
| I | upstayed |
| you | upstayed |
| he;she;it | upstayed |
| we | upstayed |
| you | upstayed |
| they | upstayed |
Pluperfect
| I | had upstayed |
| you | had upstayed |
| he;she;it | had upstayed |
| we | had upstayed |
| you | had upstayed |
| they | had upstayed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would upstay |
| you | would upstay |
| he;she;it | would upstay |
| we | would upstay |
| you | would upstay |
| they | would upstay |
Perfect
| I | would have upstayed |
| you | would have upstayed |
| he;she;it | would have upstayed |
| we | would have upstayed |
| you | would have upstayed |
| they | would have upstayed |
Imperative
| you | upstay |
| we | Let's upstay |
| you | upstay |
Verbs conjugated like 'upstay'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'upstay'
unstay,
upsway,
bestay,
outstay,
stay,
unsay,
unstar,
upbray,
uplay,
upsoar,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From up- + stay.
Sample Sentences
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those two villeins, which her steps vpstayd, / When her weake feete could scarcely her sustaine, / And fading vitall powers gan to fade, / Her forward still with torture did constraine […] [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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Close to the vital seat of human clay; / Glad meetings, tender partings, that upstay [1820, The River Duddon A Series of Sonnets, XXVIII, Journey Renewed]
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In front, a massive gateway threats the sky, / And posts of solid adamant upstay / An iron tower, firm-planted to defy / All force, divine or human. Night and day, [1910, The Aeneid of Virgil as translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor]
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1917, Henry Charles Beeching, The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, 246, The Tree of Life
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Lighten, O sword divine, to clear my way, / And thou, O happy heart, upstay