Reproached

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

  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.]
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              I thought your marriage fit; else imputation,
              For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful
        against; to charge with a fault; to censure severely or
        contemptuously; to upbraid.
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              If ye be reproached for the name of Christ. --1
                                                    Peter iv. 14.
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              That this newcomer, Shame,
              There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. --Milton.
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              Mezentius . . . with his ardor warmed
              His fainting friends, reproached their shameful
              flight.
              Repelled the victors.                 --Dryden.
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     Syn: To upbraid; censure; blame; chide; rebuke; condemn;
          revile; vilify.
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