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sty(1) (iou)



sty verb1.Also stye.
[Old English stigan corresp. to Old Frisian stiga, Old Saxon, Old High German stigan (Dutch stijgen, German steigen), Old Norse stiga, Gothic steigan, from Germanic from Indo-European stem meaning 'advance, go, rise', repr. also in Greek steikhein, stikhos STICH, stoikhos row. Cf. STILE noun1.]
verb intrans. Ascend; rise or climb (up) to a higher level. OE-M17.
Spenser The beast..Thought with his winges to stye above the ground.
b. verb trans. Ascend or climb (a hill etc.). OE-LME.
verb intrans. Go down, descend. OE-ME.