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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}. 




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