ABRAY
\ɐbɹˈe͡ɪ], \ɐbɹˈeɪ], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈeɪ]\
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a-br[=a]', ABRAYD, a-br[=a]d', v.i. (Spens.) to start out of sleep: to awake.--v.t. and v.i. to arouse, startle.--The more correct form is abraid. [Made up of pfx. a-, and abrédan. A.S. breydan, to twist. See BRAID.]
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