upbring en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English upbringen, equivalent to up- + bring. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apbrange, West Frisian opbringe, Dutch opbrengen, German Low German upbrengen, German aufbringen, Danish opbringe, Swedish uppbringa.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To bring up.
From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upbrought | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upbrought | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upbringing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upbrings | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |