Rebuking

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebuke \Re*buke"\ (r[-e]*b[=u]k"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuked}
     (r[-e]*b[=u]kt"); 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.
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           The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
           Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.  --Dryden.
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     Syn: To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence.
          See {Reprove}.
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