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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuke \Re*buke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}; p. pr & vb
n. {Rebuking}.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher;
perhaps fr pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF also bouque, L.
bucca cheek; if so the original sense was to stop the mouth
of hence to stop, obstruct.]
To check, silence, or put down with reproof; to restrain by
expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and
summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to
rebuke the rich offender feared. --Dryden.
Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence.
See {Reprove}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rebuked
adj : punished especially by reproof or reprimand [syn: {admonished},
{chastened}, {reprimanded}, {reproved}]
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