different between umbraid vs embraid

umbraid

English

Etymology

From Middle English umbreiden (to scold, reproach), equivalent to um- +? braid.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

umbraid (third-person singular simple present umbraids, present participle umbraiding, simple past and past participle umbraided)

  1. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To upbraid.

Noun

umbraid (plural umbraids)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Contention; strife.

Anagrams

  • Rimbaud

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embraid

English

Etymology

em- +? braid

Verb

embraid (third-person singular simple present embraids, present participle embraiding, simple past and past participle embraided)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To braid up, as hair.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To upbraid.
    • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour
      Minutius , who embraided him with cowardice

Anagrams

  • biarmed, demibra

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