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- noun Plural form of
upbraider .
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Examples
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The hills turned censors, the streams, upbraiders.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Various
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Abolitionists turn over the pages of antique denunciation, and their lymph really quickens in their veins as they read the prophetic vehemence of an Isaiah, the personality of a Nathan, the unmeasured vernacular of Luther, the satire and invective of all good upbraiders of past generations, until they reach their own, which yet waits for a future generation to make scripture and history of its speech and deeds.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various
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"We are quite ready," they said to their upbraiders, "to admire your great works as soon as they appear, but in the meantime please allow us to enjoy what we possess."
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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The latter hath no upbraiders, but was raised by them that sought to be defended from oppression: whose end is both easier and the honester to satisfy.
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems Ben Jonson 1605
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We believe eve - ry charafter what we know it to be; and if peo - ple lived, (o that no body would believe their upbraiders, Icandal would die away, and we fhould forget the name; '• but we find that the moft worthlefs are generally the moft tenacious of what they do not deferve, which is a good name and charatter.
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