verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To braid up, to plait. transitive

   "embraided hair"

2. 2
   To tell off; to reprimand obsolete, transitive

   "Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice"

Synonyms

All synonyms

upbraid

Example

More examples

"Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice"

Etymology

From em- + braid.

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