▪ I. † upˈbray, n. Obs.
[Cf. next.]
= upbraid n. 1.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. vi. 50 Faire Psyche to him lately reconcyld, After long troubles and vnmeet vpbrayes. |
▪ II. upˈbray, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6 ob-, 7 ubbray.
[Erroneous back-formation from upbrayd, obs. pa. tense of upbraid v.]
1. = upbraid v. 1, 2.
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osorius 337, I my selfe have heard the Jewes obbraying us christians with the same faults. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. iv. 45 Vile knight, That knights and knighthood doest with shame vpbray. 1602 W. Basse Sword & Buckler lxi. (1893) 25 You needlesly ubbray our haire. 1642 H. More Song of Soul i. ii. 27 The hearts do ne're agree But felly one another do upbray. 1898 R. Blakeborough Wit, etc. N. Riding Yorks. 466. |
† 2. = upbraid v. 5. Obs.—1
| a 1600 in Sidney's Arcadia, etc. (1922) II. 368 Yet not of women judginge as he sayd. But first with rage, his rage on them [he] upbrayde. |
† 3. = upbraid v. 6. Obs.—1
| 1598 Marston Sco. Villanie iii. x, Vpbray'd by Capons greace, consumed quite By eating stewes, that waste the better spright. |
Hence upˈbraying vbl. n.
| 1585 Parsons Chr. Exerc. i. v. 45 Consider the intollerable vpbraying of the wicked infernal spirits. |