upbray

English

Etymology

Back-formation from upbrayd, obsolete past participle of upbraid.

Verb

upbray (third-person singular simple present upbrays, present participle upbraying, simple past and past participle upbrayed)

1. (obsolete) To upbraid.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He wexed wondrous wroth, and said, Vile knight, / That knights & knighthood doest with shame vpbray […]