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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reproach \Re*proach"\ (r?-pr?ch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reproached} (-pr?cht"); p. pr & vb n. {Reproaching}.] [F.
reprocher, OF reprochier (assumed) LL reproriare L. pref.
re- again against, back + prope near hence originally, to
bring near to throw in one's teeth. Cf {Approach}.]
1. To come back to or come home to as a matter of blame; to
bring shame or disgrace upon to disgrace. [Obs.]
I thought your marriage fit else imputation, For
that he knew you might reproach your life. --Shak.
2. To attribute blame to to allege something disgracefull
against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or
contemptuously; to upbraid.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. --1
Peter iv 14.
That this newcomer, Shame, There sit not and
reproach us as unclean. --Milton.
Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed His fainting
friends, reproached their shameful flight. Repelled
the victors. --Dryden.
Syn: To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn;
revile; vilify.
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