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upbrought

upbrought is the simple past and past participle of upbring.

Meaning of upbring

Verb

upbring (third-person singular simple present upbrings, present participle upbringing, simple past and past participle upbrought)

  1. (obsolete) To bring up.
    • From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about upbrought

What is upbrought the simple past and past participle of?
Upbrought is the simple past and past participle of upbring.

Words near upbrought in the dictionary

  1. upbringings
  2. upbrings
  3. upbristling
  4. upbroke
  5. upbroken
  6. upbrought
  7. upbubble
  8. upbubbled
  9. upbubbles
  10. upbubbling
  11. upbuild

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