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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lilt up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To start playing (music); to strike up (a tune, song, etc.).
    • "[A]nd divil be in Tim, when he h'ard it but he lilts up the 'Priest in his Boots;' and, God forgive us, we all burst out laughin', for shure who could hilp it, if it was the bishop himsilf?" 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 518:

Forms

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lilting up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lilted up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lilted up Tense=Past lexicographic
lilts up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic