Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stare or stand on end; be erect or conspicuous; bristle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
stare orstand erect or on end; be erect orconspicuous ;bristle .
Etymologies
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From up- + stare.
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AnWulf commented on the word upstare
I have no people living ; none, Thank God ! will mourn me there,
Dreaming in misery of one Whose clouded eyes upstare
--Collected poems of Alexander G. Steven
December 4, 2011