| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: abraiding, abraided, abraids, abraider, abraiders, abraidingly and abraidedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ABRAID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references) |
| Etymology:Abraid \A*braid"\, transitive verb & intransitive verb. [Old English abraiden, to awake, draw (a sword), Anglo-Saxon [=a]bredgan to shake, draw; pref. [=a]- (compare to Gothic us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bregdan to shake, throw. See Braid.]. (references) |
