Pronunciations
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/əˈbɹeɪd/
Verb
To wrench (something) out.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive
To wake up.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
- Examples
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She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep, / Til she out of hire mazednesse abreyde.
But when as I did out of ſleepe abray, / I found her not where I her left whyleare, […]
More examples (1)
But from his study he at last abray'd, / Call'd by the hermit old[…]
To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
Usage- Archaic
- Intransitive
To shout out.
Usage- Intransitive
- Obsolete
- Transitive
To rise in the stomach with nausea.
Usage- Obsolete
- Transitive