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Up*braid" p*br&ā;d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb. n. Upbraiding.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel. bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]
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1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
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And upbraided them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14.
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Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.
Shak.
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2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20
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How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Sir P. Sidney.
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3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] Spenser.
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4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
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Up*braid", v. i. To utter upbraidings. Pope.
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Up*braid", n. The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.]Foul upbraid.” Spenser.
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