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Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]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. breg[eth]a 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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Upbraid \Up*braid"\, v. i.
To utter upbraidings. --Pope.
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Upbraid \Up*braid"\, n.
The act of reproaching; contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid."
--Spenser.
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