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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
upbraid .
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The "men" is emphatic; men of sense; in antithesis to "vain boasting." mockest -- upbraidest God by complaints, "shall no man make thee ashamed?"
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Almighty and most merciful Lord God, "the giver of every good and perfect gift," and "the Father of lights," who hast promised, that "if any man lack wisdom," he shall "ask it of thee, who givest to all liberally, and upbraidest not, and it shall be given him;" I most humbly beseech thee in the solemn action of the day following, wherein
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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And then upbraidest the Wretchedness thou'st made.
The City Heiress 1682
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And then upbraidest the Wretchedness thou'st made.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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Oh, thou who upbraidest not, be pleased to give liberally, and according to my great ne - cessity.
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Oh most bountif uU and Gracious God, who givest liberally and upbraidest not, admit me humbly to bespeak an Invi - tation to the Marriage of the Lamb, and let thy Grace with me and in me be sufficient for me in making my self Ready.
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