upstartle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

up- +‎ startle

Verb[edit]

upstartle (third-person singular simple present upstartles, present participle upstartling, simple past and past participle upstartled)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To cause to rise up in startlement.

References[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:upstartle.