uplayv.
transitive. To lay up, store up.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)]
again-layOE
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
bestow1393
to set up1421
reserve1480
powder1530
store1552
uplay1591
garnera1616
storea1616
revestry1624
reposit1630
barrel1631
magazine1643
stock1700
to salt down1849
reservoir1858
tidy1867
larder1904
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 212 All is with him dead, Saue what in heauens storehouse he vplaid.
1609 J. Donne Annunciation & Passion 45 This treasure then, in grosse, my Soule uplay.
a1631 J. Donne To Mr. R. Woodward in Poems (1633) 75 Wee..may, If we can..thrive, uplay Much, much deare treasure for the great rent day.
a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 239 As he who evermore uplays That heavenly wealth which the worm cannot waste.
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