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upbrace

upbrace verb: to brace up.

Verb

upbrace (third-person singular simple present upbraces, present participle upbracing, simple past and past participle upbraced)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To brace up.
    • to upbrace the nerves

Forms of upbrace

third-person singular presentupbraces
present participleupbracing
past participleupbraced
pastupbraced

Origin of upbrace

From up- + brace.

Questions about upbrace

What does upbrace mean?
Upbrace means to brace up.
What part of speech is upbrace?
Upbrace is a verb.
What is the past tense of upbrace?
The past tense of upbrace is upbraced.

Words near upbrace in the dictionary

  1. upbounden
  2. upbow
  3. upbowed
  4. upbowing
  5. upbows
  6. upbrace
  7. upbraced
  8. upbraces
  9. upbracing
  10. upbraid
  11. upbraided

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