Uplay

//ʌpˈleɪ// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To lay up; hoard. rare, transitive

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From up- + lay.

Related phrases

lay up

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