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upbraying

upbraying is the present participle and gerund of upbray.

Meaning of upbray

Verb

upbray (third-person singular simple present upbrays, present participle upbraying, simple past and past participle upbrayed)

  1. (obsolete) To upbraid.
    • He wexed wondrous wroth, and said, Vile knight, / That knights & knighthood doest with shame vpbray […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about upbraying

What is upbraying the present participle and gerund of?
Upbraying is the present participle and gerund of upbray.

Words near upbraying in the dictionary

  1. upbraidingly
  2. upbraidings
  3. upbraids
  4. upbray
  5. upbrayed
  6. upbraying
  7. upbrays
  8. upbreak
  9. upbreaking
  10. upbreakings
  11. upbreaks

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