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upright
English
Etymology
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- +? right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic upprétt (“upright”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?a?t/
Adjective
upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)
- Vertical; erect.
- I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1–4
- Fab[ell]:?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.
- 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
- Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:
- There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Synonyms
- (vertical, erect): surrect (obsolete, rare)
Derived terms
- upright bass, upright bassist
Translations
Adverb
upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)
- in or into an upright position
Translations
Noun
upright (plural uprights)
- Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) An upright piano.
- (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
- 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)
- The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.
- 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
Holonyms
- (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic
Related terms
- upright piano
Translations
Verb
upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)
- (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
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lawful
English
Alternative forms
- lawfull (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law +? -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??f?l/
- Rhymes: -??f?l
Adjective
lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)
- (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
- Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.
- Synonyms: just, legal, legitimate, licit
- Antonyms: nonlawful, unlawful
- Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
Related terms
- lawfully
- lawfulness
Translations
Noun
lawful (plural lawfuls)
- (role-playing games) A character having a lawful alignment.
Anagrams
- awfull
Middle English
Adjective
lawful
- Alternative form of laweful
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