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reprimanded

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprimand  \Rep"ri*mand\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Reprimanded};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Reprimanding}.]  [Cf.  F.  r['e]primander.  See 
  {Reprimand},  n.] 
  1.  To  reprove  severely;  to  reprehend;  to  chide  for  a  fault; 
  to  consure  formally. 
 
  Germanicus  was  severely  reprimanded  by  Tiberius  for 
  traveling  into  Egypt  without  his  permission. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  2.  To  reprove  publicly  and  officially,  in  execution  of  a 
  sentence;  as  the  court  ordered  him  to  be  reprimanded. 
 
  Syn:  To  reprove;  reprehend;  chide;  rebuke;  censure;  blame. 
  See  {Reprove}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reprimanded 
  adj  :  punished  especially  by  reproof  or  reprimand  [syn:  {admonished}, 
  {chastened},  {rebuked},  {reproved}]




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