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increpation Obs. or arch.|ɪnkrɪˈpeɪʃən|
[ad. L. increpātiōn-em (Tertullian), n. of action from increpāre to increpate. Cf. OF. increpacion, -ation (Oresme, 14th c.).]
Chiding, reproof, rebuke: with pl. a reproof or rebuke.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxix. 330 By thretenynges, & by increpacyons. c1540tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) I. 180 Throughe the holsome precepte and increpations of Annas. 1605G. Powel Refut. Epist. by Puritan-Papist 33 They..disswaded them, some⁓times by milde admonitions, and sometimes by seuerer increpations. a1716South Twelve Serm. (1717) III. 422 The Thunder of that dreadfull Increpation..‘Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a Wedding-garment?’ 1868Milman St. Paul's 82 Edw. III had promulgated a tremendous increpation against the Dean and Chapter. |