Up*braid" (ŭp*brād"), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb.
n. Upbraiding.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up +
bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel.
bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break
off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful;
to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with
or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
And upbraided them with their unbelief.
Mark xvi. 14.
Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.
Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to
chide.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done.
Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my
wickedness!
Sir P. Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.]
Spenser.
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to
cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
Up*braid", v. i. To utter
upbraidings. Pope.
Up*braid", n. The act of reproaching;
contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.
Up*braid" (ŭp*brād"), v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Upbraided; p. pr. & vb.
n. Upbraiding.] [OE. upbreiden; AS. upp up +
bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred Icel.
bregða to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break
off, upbraid. See Up, and Braid, v. t.]
1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful;
to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with
or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
And upbraided them with their unbelief.
Mark xvi. 14.
Vet do not
Upbraid us our distress.
Shak.
2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to
chide.
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done.
Matt. xi. 20
How much doth thy kindness upbraid my
wickedness!
Sir P. Sidney.
3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.]
Spenser.
4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to
cast up; -- with to before the person. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Syn. -- To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
Up*braid", v. i. To utter
upbraidings. Pope.
Up*braid", n. The act of reproaching;
contumely. [Obs.] " Foul upbraid." Spenser.
