Upbring

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To bring up. obsolete

    "From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might."

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"From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might."

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.

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