Upbraided

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Upbraid \Up*braid"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Upbraided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Upbraiding}.] [OE. upbreiden;
     AS. upp up + bregdan to draw, twist, weave, or the kindred
     Icel. breg[eth]a to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from,
     change, break off, upbraid. See {Up}, and {Braid}, v. t.]
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     1. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to
        reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed
        by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
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              And upbraided them with their unbelief. --Mark xvi.
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              Vet do not
              Upbraid us our distress.              --Shak.
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     2. To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
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              Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
              his mighty works were done.           --Matt. xi. 20
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              How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness!
                                                    --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     3. To treat with contempt. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; --
        with to before the person. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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     Syn: To reproach; blame; censure; condemn.
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