Transitive Verbs with STA

Browse 171 verified English transitive verbs containing the letters STA, including State, Stand, Understand, Start, Stay, Stage and Star. Filter these action words that take a direct object by word length below, or study direct object patterns and examples in our verb grammar guide.

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Starts with A
1 words
astart
Starts with B
7 words
bloodstain
bastardize
backstab
backstamp
bestain
bestar
backstall
Starts with C
8 words
crystallize
costar
counterstain
circumstantiate
consubstantiate
constate
clearstarch
cotransubstantiate
Starts with D
17 words
distance
devastate
destabilize
distaste
datestamp
disestablish
deinstall
destain
distain
destalinize
destandardize
distantiate
degustate
desubstantialize
desubstantiate
devenustate
deprotestantize
Starts with E
7 words
establish
ecstasize
enstar
enstamp
embastardize
enhypostatize
estall
Starts with F
1 words
forestall
Starts with G
2 words
gestate
grubstake
Starts with H
3 words
handstamp
hypostatize
hypostasize
Starts with I
8 words
instance
install
instagram
instantiate
instate
instar
insubstantialize
intercrystallize
Starts with K
1 words
kickstart
Starts with M
7 words
mistake
misunderstanding
mistaken
misunderstand
misstate
misstamp
misstart
Starts with O
12 words
overstate
overstay
outdistance
outstay
outstand
overstaff
overstand
outstare
overstanding
outstart
overstain
overstare
Starts with P
5 words
pedestal
preinstall
photostat
preestablish
prestamp
Starts with R
19 words
restart
reinstate
reestablish
restate
reinstall
rubberstamp
restage
restaff
restack
restain
recrystallize
restabilize
restamp
restake
restandardize
restaurate
restation
restable
restab
Starts with S
24 words
state
stand
start
stay
stage
star
staff
station
stamp
stare
stable
stack
sustain
stake
stance
stall
stabilize
stain
starve
stab
staffing
stalk
staple
stalking
Starts with T
3 words
timestamp
tearstain
transubstantiate
Starts with U
13 words
understand
uninstall
upstage
understate
understaffing
unstack
understaff
upstand
unstarch
unstate
upstay
unsubstantialize
unprotestantize
Starts with V
1 words
vastate
Starts with W
2 words
withstand
whipstall

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