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ˈupˌbringing, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
†1. The action of building. Obs.—1
1484Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 41 Johne Gray, mason,..has takin upon him to be..diligent for the vpbringing of the said [St. Nicholas'] wark.
2. The action of bringing up young persons; the fact of being brought up while young, or the manner of this; early rearing and training. (Cf. bringing vbl. n. 3.)
Rare in older Eng. use, but common in Scottish in the second half of the 16th c., and occasionally used by later Scottish writers. In general use only from c 1870.
1520Calisto & Melib. C iv b, They can not well labour in dede Be cause in youth of theyr ydyll vpbryngyng. 1568U. Fulwell Like will to Like E ij, All licenciously was my vp bringing. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith iv. (1611) 45 One of the Captains..discriving, to another, her stock and vpbringing. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 139 The maisteris..of the said college, who cairfullie attendit thair callinges for vpbringing of the youth. 1678R. Barclay Apol. Quakers v. §23. 173 Men..have the Eye of the Soul darkned or dimmed through Evil up-bringing and Learning. 1822Carlyle Let. in Froude Life (1882) I. 171 What have I done to..reward those that had the trouble of my upbringing? 1831― Sart. Res. ii. ii, Let me not quarrel with my upbringing! 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. ii. 95 Preserving no traces of the influence of their..hard upbringing. 1873Morley Rousseau II. 197 The theory and art of the upbringing of the young. |