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upbreeding

upbreeding is the present participle and gerund of upbreed.

Meaning of upbreed

Verb

upbreed (third-person singular simple present upbreeds, present participle upbreeding, simple past and past participle upbred)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.
    • upbred in a foreign country1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Questions about upbreeding

What is upbreeding the present participle and gerund of?
Upbreeding is the present participle and gerund of upbreed.

Words near upbreeding in the dictionary

  1. upbreathed
  2. upbreathes
  3. upbreathing
  4. upbred
  5. upbreed
  6. upbreeding
  7. upbreeds
  8. upbreeze
  9. upbreezes
  10. upbrighten
  11. upbrightened

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