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.

Anagrams

• Pauly, lay up, lay-up, layup