UPLEAN

Etymology

Verb

uplean (third-person singular simple present upleans, present participle upleaning, simple past and past participle upleaned or upleant)

(ambitransitive, literary) To lean or incline upward; to cause (something) to lean upward.

(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To lean (on something).

Anagrams

• Lupane, Nepaul, lupane, unpale

Source: Wiktionary


Up*lean", v. i.

Definition: To lean or incline upon anything. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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