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Webster 1913 Edition
Upbraid
Up-braid′
(ŭp-brād′)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Upbraided
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Upbraiding
.] 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.
And
upbraided
them with their unbelief. Mark xvi. 14.
Vet do not
Upbraid
us our distress. Shakespeare
2.
To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
Then began he to
upbraid
the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness
upbraid
my wickedness! Sir P. Sidney.
3.
To treat with contempt.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
4.
To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; – with to before the person.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. – To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
Up-braid′
,Verb.
I.
To utter upbraidings.
Pope.
Up-braid′
,Noun.
The act of reproaching; contumely.
[Obs.]
“ Foul upbraid.” Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Upbraid
UPBRA'ID
, v.t.1.
To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast in the teeth; followed by with or for, before the thing imputed; as, to upbraid a man for his folly or his intemperance.Yet do not upbraid us with our distress.
He upbraided them with their unbelief. Matt. 16.
[The use of to and of, after upbraid, as to upbraid a man of his gain by iniquity, to upbraid to a man his evil practices, has been long discontinued.]
2.
To reproach; to chide.God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. James 1.
3.
To reprove with severity.Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done - Matt. 11.
4.
To bring reproach on.How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
5.
To treat with contempt. Obs.