Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to upstart
Participle: upstarted
Gerund: upstarting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | upstart |
| you | upstart |
| he;she;it | upstarts |
| we | upstart |
| you | upstart |
| they | upstart |
Perfect
| I | have upstarted |
| you | have upstarted |
| he;she;it | has upstarted |
| we | have upstarted |
| you | have upstarted |
| they | have upstarted |
Past
| I | upstarted |
| you | upstarted |
| he;she;it | upstarted |
| we | upstarted |
| you | upstarted |
| they | upstarted |
Pluperfect
| I | had upstarted |
| you | had upstarted |
| he;she;it | had upstarted |
| we | had upstarted |
| you | had upstarted |
| they | had upstarted |
Future
| I | will upstart |
| you | will upstart |
| he;she;it | will upstart |
| we | will upstart |
| you | will upstart |
| they | will upstart |
Future Perfect
| I | will have upstarted |
| you | will have upstarted |
| he;she;it | will have upstarted |
| we | will have upstarted |
| you | will have upstarted |
| they | will have upstarted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | upstart |
| you | upstart |
| he;she;it | upstart |
| we | upstart |
| you | upstart |
| they | upstart |
Perfect
| I | have upstarted |
| you | have upstarted |
| he;she;it | have upstarted |
| we | have upstarted |
| you | have upstarted |
| they | have upstarted |
Imperfect
| I | upstarted |
| you | upstarted |
| he;she;it | upstarted |
| we | upstarted |
| you | upstarted |
| they | upstarted |
Pluperfect
| I | had upstarted |
| you | had upstarted |
| he;she;it | had upstarted |
| we | had upstarted |
| you | had upstarted |
| they | had upstarted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would upstart |
| you | would upstart |
| he;she;it | would upstart |
| we | would upstart |
| you | would upstart |
| they | would upstart |
Perfect
| I | would have upstarted |
| you | would have upstarted |
| he;she;it | would have upstarted |
| we | would have upstarted |
| you | would have upstarted |
| they | would have upstarted |
Imperative
| you | upstart |
| we | Let's upstart |
| you | upstart |
Verbs conjugated like 'upstart'
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 'upstart'
upstare,
astart,
jumpstart,
outstart,
restart,
start,
tostart,
unstar,
updart,
upsert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1555, "one newly risen in importance or rank, a parvenu," also start-up, from up + start (v.) in the sense of "jump, spring, rise." Cf. the archaic verb upstart "to spring to one's feet," attested from 1303.
2. From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start.
Sample Sentences
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Th' Elfe therewith astownd,
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Upstarted lightly from his looser make,
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And his unready weapons gan in hand to take. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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the beauteous beast
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Scared by the noise upstarted at our feet [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:]
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"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting— [1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:]