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Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]d"), 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. breg[eth]a 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.