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up⋅braid

  [uhp-breyd]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
2. (of things) to bring reproach on; serve as a reproach to.
–verb (used without object)
3. Archaic. to utter reproaches.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE upbrēdan to adduce as a fault. See up-, braid

Related forms:
up⋅braid⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. reprove, blame. See reprimand.
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up·braid   (ŭp-brād')   
tr.v.   up·braid·ed, up·braid·ing, up·braids
To reprove sharply; reproach. See Synonyms at scold.

[Middle English upbreiden, from Old English ūpbrēdan, to bring forward as a ground for censure : ūp-, up- + bregdan, to turn, lay hold of.]
up·braid'er n., up·braid'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

upbraid 
O.E. upbregdan "bring forth as a ground for censure," from up "up" + bregdan "move quickly, intertwine" (see braid). Cf. M.Swed. upbrygdha. Meaning "scold" is first attested c.1290.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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