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Antonyms for brought up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bring
Phonetic Transcription : brɪŋ


Definition of brought up

Origin :
  • Old English bringan "to bring, bring forth, produce, present, offer" (past tense brohte, past participle broht), from Proto-Germanic *brenganan (cf. Old Frisian brenga, Middle Dutch brenghen, Old High German bringan, Gothic briggan); no exact cognates outside Germanic, but it appears to be from PIE root *bhrengk-, compound based on root *bher- (1) "to carry" (cf. Latin ferre; see infer).
  • The tendency to conjugate this as a strong verb on the model of sing, drink, etc., is ancient: Old English also had a rare strong past participle form, brungen, corresponding to modern colloquial brung. To bring down the house figuratively (1754) is to elicit applause so thunderous it collapses the roof.
  • verb raise youngster
  • verb initiate, mention in conversation
Example sentences :
  • The child was preserved, and brought up in the temple of Phœbus.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I could because I was brought up not to think of myself before other people.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Into the breast pocket of his coat he dived and brought up a wallet.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Boys think nothing of it; it's what they've been brought up to expect.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • As they drove along Crane brought up the subject of the trial.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He brought up short at the unexpected feeling that vibrated in her voice.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The farmer said Sami had been brought up there and wanted to go back, he knew where.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • But Tito, brought up at the end of a chain, was a poor runner.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • They felt around and brought up two vases, as the boy had said.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • But I have not been brought up to it, and it's too late to learn it.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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