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objurgate, v.|ɒbˈdʒɜːgeɪt, ˈɒbdʒɜːgeɪt|
[f. L. objurgāt-, ppl. stem of objurgāre to chide, rebuke, f. ob- (ob- 1) + jurgāre to quarrel, scold.]
trans. To rebuke severely; to chide, scold.
1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Obiurgate, to chide, to reprooue sharpely. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. 242 Violently had he objurgated that wretch of a groom. 1873Tristram Moab v. 90 The old man..objurgated his son.
b. absol. or intr.
1642Jer. Taylor Episc. xiv. 76 Command, but not objurgate. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. v. vii, This poor Legislative..cannot act; can only objurgate and perorate. 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 269 Coleridge wails, appeals, deprecates, objurgates.
Hence objurgated ppl. a., objurgating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1864Sat. Rev. XVIII. 445/2 Objurgating impotence has always been a legitimate subject for ridicule. 1887A. Birrell Obiter Dicta Ser. ii. 54 A history of thought during this objurgated period. 1893Times 16 Mar. 9/4 All the hypo⁓critical whining and objurgating in the world will not alter their determination. |