To put up Meaning, Definition & Usage

. (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities. Obs. "Such national injuries are not to be put up." Addison. (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put up goods for sale. (d) To start from a cover, as game . "She has been frightened; she has been put up." C. Kingsley. (e) To hoard. "Himself never put up any of the rent." Spelman. (f) To lay side or preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter . Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; followed by to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house . (j) To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers .

. (a) To take lodgings; to lodge . (b) To offer one's self as a candidate . L'Estrange.