"upbring" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: upbrings [present, singular, third-person], upbringing [participle, present], upbrought [participle, past], upbrought [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upbringen}} Middle English upbringen, {{pre|en|up|bring}} up- + bring, {{cog|stq|apbrange}} Saterland Frisian apbrange, {{cog|fy|opbringe}} West Frisian opbringe, {{cog|nl|opbrengen}} Dutch opbrengen, {{cog|nds-de|upbrengen}} German Low German upbrengen, {{cog|de|aufbringen}} German aufbringen, {{cog|da|opbringe}} Danish opbringe, {{cog|sv|uppbringa}} Swedish uppbringa Head templates: {{en-verb|upbrings|upbringing|upbrought}} upbring (third-person singular simple present upbrings, present participle upbringing, simple past and past participle upbrought)
  1. (obsolete) To bring up. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: upbringing

Inflected forms

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