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upbracing

upbracing is the present participle and gerund of upbrace.

Meaning of upbrace

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

Questions about upbracing

What is upbracing the present participle and gerund of?
Upbracing is the present participle and gerund of upbrace.

Words near upbracing in the dictionary

  1. upbowing
  2. upbows
  3. upbrace
  4. upbraced
  5. upbraces
  6. upbracing
  7. upbraid
  8. upbraided
  9. upbraider
  10. upbraiders
  11. upbraidest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upbracing (page history and authors); upbrace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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