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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Berate \Be*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berated}; p. pr & vb
n. {Berating}.]
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
berate
v : censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter
for bringing cold soup"; check" is archaic [syn: {rebuke},
{check}, {rag}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw},
{dress down}, {scold}, {chide}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate},
{chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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