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Word Meanings - UPSET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To set up; to put upright. "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. To shorten in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. 3.

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1. To set up; to put upright. "With sail on mast upset." R. of Brunne. To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. To shorten in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends. 3. To overturn, overthrow, or overset; as, to upset a carriage; to upset an argument. "Determined somehow to upset the situation." Mrs. Humphry Ward. 4. To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.

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    See SPERMOBLAST
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    The quality or state of being specific.
  • SPERMATIC
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    Tending to counteract.
  • REVERSED
    Annulled and the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree. Reversed positive or negative , a picture corresponding with the original in light and shade, but reversed as to right and left. Abney. (more info) 1. Turned side for side,
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    One who deranges.
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    1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak.
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    To free from perplexity. Donne.

 

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