upbray
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from upbrayd, obsolete past participle of upbraid.
Verb edit
upbray (third-person singular simple present upbrays, present participle upbraying, simple past and past participle upbrayed)
- (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 […]