Umbraid

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Contention; strife. archaic, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To upbraid. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English umbreiden (“to scold, reproach”). By surface analysis, um- + braid.

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