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reproachn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reproche. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reproche (French reproche ) shame, disgrace (12th cent. in Old French), blame, censure, action of reproaching someone for something (12th cent.), error, fault, source of disgrace or shame (13th cent.), insult (1354 or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < reprocher reproach v. Compare Old Occitan repropche (14th cent.), reproche (13th cent. in an isolated attestation), reprochy (15th cent. in an isolated attestation), Catalan reprotxe (1490), Spanish reproche (15th cent.), Italian rimproccio (c1340). Compare earlier reproce n., repruce n. Compare also reproach v.With the β. forms compare Anglo-Norman repruecher , variant of reprocher reproach v., and also forms at reproce n. and repruce n. Compare also β. forms at reproachable adj. 1. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun] c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1877) §622 Chidynge and reproche [c1465 Christ Church Oxf. reproches; c1440 Egerton 2726 repreef, v.rr. reprevyng, reprevinges]..vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 27 If he..cometh to suche felicite and goth to chaunge certes he is worthy of reproche. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil (1957) i. Prol. 73 That na lovingis ma do incress thy fame. ?1531 tr. Erasmus sig. Aviiiv They approched nere to his armie, & with wordes of reproche and blame, they shewed it vp. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cxcij They..droue awaye with reproche the kinges officers. 1609 sig. E3 Lay not that leaden loade of foule reproach, Vpon so weake a prop. 1666 S. Pepys 27 Nov. (1972) VII. 388 I was sorry to see this way of reproach taken against us. 1701 R. Holland 26 Those unhappy Distinctions, and Names of Reproach, that are sported among us. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in 369 In vain Thalestris with Reproach assails. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in I. iii. 72 Such is thy dauntless spirit, whose reproach Perforce I own, nor causeless nor unjust. 1818 P. B. Shelley Ded. iv The selfish and the strong still tyrannize Without reproach or check. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. vi. 1 The name of Whig was never used except as a term of reproach. 1871 J. Milne 18 Though you bear the world's reproach You'll be made up for ever. 1932 J. A. Spender & C. Asquith II. xxxvii. 101 The festina lente of his method, which sometimes laid him open to reproach. 1972 J. H. Barnsley 341 A woman who failed to kill her child was known as a ‘bearer of children’, which was a term of reproach. 1995 V. Glendinning (1996) i. 11 Father went on eating and raised an eyebrow, to register both the inconvenience of the eruption and reproach to those responsible for its continuance. the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > as everyday imprecation the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > instance of invective or abuse the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun] > instance of 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. hvj/2 There were made many reproches and ylle talent, in so moche that yf the kyng had not be present and made the pees and tranquylyte, they had slayn eche other. 1548 T. Cooper (rev. ed.) Contumelia,..a reproche, a rebuke, a checke, a taunte. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. xxxiijv Stoutly contemnyng al the reproches of the aduersaries. 1597 T. Beard ii. xlii. 429 Calling him make-bate and seditious villaine, with other opprobrious reproches. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. Pref. ⁋14 Fearing no reproche for slownesse, nor coueting praise for expedition. 1671 J. Milton 393 Thrice she assay'd with..amorous reproaches to win from me My capital secret. View more context for this quotation 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson II. ix. 315 The justice of the reproaches..drove Anteus into despair. 1788 E. Gibbon V. xlviii. 27 She neither heard nor regarded the reproaches of mankind. 1819 P. B. Shelley v. i. 82 Have I not the power to fly My own reproaches? 1834 G. P. R. James viii Every time he opened his mouth his words were drowned in murmurs and reproaches. 1861 H. A. Jacobs x. 88 Her reproaches fell so hot and heavy, that they left me no chance to answer. 1901 R. C. Lehmann 70 The air grows blue with loud reproaches Hurled at the crews by megaphoning coaches. 1938 E. Bowen ii. vii. 303 Reproaches and rather snooty laughs were exchanged. 1963 A. G. Haas 55 Misunderstood and suddenly peltered by reproaches from all sides..he could only trust that his monarch would stand behind him. 1993 98 857/1 Geanakoplos begins with a reproach addressed to V. Grumel. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. xlvii For the Cristen hoost shuld be assuryd from the sodayne & vnware assautes & reprochis of the Infidellies. Therfore he closyd theym within a strength of dyche and pale. 1565 T. Cooper at Contumelia To do one many injuries and reproches. 1616 W. Cornwallis sig. E3 The reproch offered his body. 1691 S. Chandler 68 Nay, tho' our Head be now in Heaven, yet he hath a compassionate sense of the Extremities of his Members, and accounts all the Affronts, Persecutions and Reproaches offer'd to them, as done to himself. 1718 H. Prideaux II. ii. 111 The Prince of the people to whom he had offered reproach by this Invasion, that is, Lucius Scipio,the Roman consul, made the reproach turn upon him. society > faith > worship > church music > hymn > kinds of hymn > antiphonal > [noun] > for Good Friday society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > antiphon > specific antiphon 1839 N. Wiseman i. 10 The Improperia, or ‘reproaches’ , as they are called, are sung to the most pathetic music. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold 405/1 These ‘reproaches’ are addressed in dramatic form by Christ to the Jewish people. 1897 15 Apr. 6/3 Early services..consisting sometimes of the Litany or Morning Prayer,..and occasionally the singing of the Reproaches. 1900 14 Apr. 8/4 No words were used during the service, beyond those given in the Book of Common Prayer and the Reproaches. 1922 Z. K. Pyne iii. 31 On Good Friday, on his return from that wonderful service in which the Reproaches create so poignant an effect, the Pope required that his choir should be summoned to his presence. 1961 E. Wellesz (ed. 2) xiii. 359 While the rest of the words of the narrator are set to music in the hirmological style, i.e. one, two, or three notes to a syllable, the ‘Reproaches’ are composed in a richly ornamented style. 2006 K. A. Harness vii. 245 Marco's solo motet for soprano and continuo from his Sacrarum cantionum..sets the antiphon text that follows the Reproaches in the solemn afternoon liturgy for Good Friday. 2. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) iv. 591 (MED) Fortune sodenli Cleernesse of fame can chaunge to dirknesse, Gloire to reproche, worshepe to velany. 1484 W. Caxton tr. iii. ix The woman whiche lyueth in this world without reproche or blame is worthely to be gretely preysed. 1490 W. Caxton tr. xi. 42 God forbede that it may be sayd of Eneas..to haue reproche by ony of our sayd wordes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. clxii. 200 Many good knyghtes and squyers..hadde rather a dyed, than to haue had any reproche. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in 222 Shame light on him, that..that, which is the noblest mysterie, Brings to reproach and common infamie! 1643 Sir T. Browne (authorized ed.) ii. §3 There is no reproach to the scandal of a Story; it is such an authentick kind of falshood. View more context for this quotation ?1708 J. Sprint 4 Most of those Distractions and Disturbances which have attended a Married Life, and that have brought so much Reproach and Disgrace on that Honourable State, are owing to the..Obstinacy and Stubbornness of disobedient Wives. 1751 S. Johnson No. 154. ⁋9 We may with as little reproach borrow science as manufactures from our ancestors. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xii. 232 He tried gentler means than those which had brought so much reproach on his predecessor. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato (ed. 2) V. 490 These are the sort of practices..which cast a reproach upon the succour of adversity. 1906 21 91 If ill done, these works might cast reproach upon the whole classic movement. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > of specific person a1456 tr. (Marmaduke, Ashm. 59) (1977) 219 (MED) Þou shalt eschuwe þeire ymagincions to þy reproche. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 45/2 All the worlde shall to our honor and her reproch, perceiue [etc.]. 1579 S. Gosson f. 2v If you..pul of the visard that Poets maske in, you shall disclose their reproch. 1611 Gen. xxx. 23 And shee..bare a sonne, and said; God hath taken away my reproch . View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton iii. 66 As thou to thy reproach mayst well remember. View more context for this quotation 1735 G. Lillo Prol. 79 The abject Slave, to his Reproach, shall see,That such as dare deserve it, may be free. a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley in (1868) X. 726 Followers of the silent Lamb, Keep we still our Lord in view, Charged with His reproach and shame Him to Calvary pursue. 1826 14 Oct. 1/1 The detail would be but a statement of shame, Had folly or vice never guided my feet, It were not my reproach those days to name. 1877 P. J. Bailey (ed. 10) xxxiv. 529 I do confess to my reproach A friend too well forgotten, and thine image By time's colleaguèd forces with the world's, Effaced half from this monumental breast. 1931 T. S. Moore 253 Although she sent him word she had conceived He thought it some vain hope, or else a lie To fetch him home and lessen her reproach. 1952 J. Gaer i. i. 21 I thank you, O Lord, God of our forefathers, who today magnified my soul and put away my reproach from among my people. 3. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > source of discredit or discrediting circumstance c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in (1897) 12 66 (MED) God graunte I be not the first kynges sonne that makes the furste othe, for at all tymes itt suld be reproche to me and to myn heyers. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 71 (MED) To my name a reproche syngler Shuld be..To see the game so dystroyed. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. xvii. f. ix Some..sayd, that to hym it was great reproche and dishonour..that he had nat the rule of all the lande. 1548 f. clxix It was not honorable, but a reproche and infamy to the Kyng, to haue one to bee a Protector and gouernor of hym. 1617 F. Moryson i. 240 They thinking it a reproch that we should ride ouer their graues, did with inraged countenances fling stones at vs. 1671 J. Milton 353 I pray'd for Children, and thought barrenness In wedlock a reproach . View more context for this quotation 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer V. 146 If he evidently were Ulysses, she ought to receive him with transport; but if he be not Ulysses, then all such advances would be acts of immodesty, and a reproach to her prudence. 1785 T. Reid ii. xx. 278 It is no wonder that..others..spurn at a knowledge they cannot account for, and vainly attempt to throw it off, as a reproach to their understanding. 1848 H. Hallam i. 43 Can it be an excessive reproach that the citizens fled from their dwellings. 1888 J. Bryce I. ix. 116 The conduct of Indian affairs..has always been a reproach to the United States. 1906 14 June 14/3 The preventability of it all was a reproach to them, and was a striking commentary on the fact that, as wealth increased the infants decayed. 1950 R. N. Current ii. 63 His ignorance was a reproach to the party. 2005 (Nexis) 13 Aug. Darfur is a standing reproach to those nations that could best relieve its agony. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > source of discredit or discrediting circumstance > person or thing causing discredit 1581 W. Charke sig. Bv The Monkes and Friers in these ages are, as one of your fellowpapistes writeth of Cardinal Wolsey, the dregges of the people, and the reproche of mankinde. 1631 R. Bolton 70 Such savage-minded, and marble-hearted men be to passe thorow the streetes, as spectacles of abhorrednesse and scorne, as hatefull monsters, and the reproach of Mankind. 1642 J. Spelman 10 They made them selves a King that made them all castawaies: he himselfe the reproach of Soveraignty, and an infamous stigmatique to all posterity. 1712 R. Blackmore iii. 139 The noxious Plant and savage Animal, Which you the Earth's reproach and blemish call. 1751 S. Johnson No. 136. ⁋11 Wretches, whom all but their dependents numbered among the reproaches of the species. 1772 I. Pref. 13 He, who in their estimation is a hero, when reduced to his just value, is nothing more than the pest and reproach of mankind. 1809 M. J. O'Conway tr. F. Raynouard iv. iv. 52 Are the heroes of Palestine the reproach of Europe! the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt 1560 Neh. ii. 17 Let vs buylde the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproche. 1560 Ps. lxxix. 4 We are a reproche to our neighbours. 1662 T. Watson 9 How doth this appear that it shall be well with the righteous?.. He is made the very reproach of the world often times. a1691 R. Baxter (1692) lxxxix. 150 His strong holds thou to ruin brought'st, And hast broke all his hedges down. All spoil him that pass by the way, To neighbours a reproach is he. 1761 I. 225 The violation of his wife's nuptial vows, with such a scoundrel as her own footman..grew so bare-faced and open..that he would have become a reproach to his neighbours. 1797 J. Milner III. ix. iii. 236 In defending this truth, I am become a reproach to my neighbours, those, who see me, scoff at me. Phrasesthe mind > attention and judgement > contempt > contempt or disesteem [phrase] > in contempt of a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. clxii. f. lxxxxiv All was doon in reproche of Ethelburga, which slewe hir Lorde Brigthricus. 1590 W. Clever 25 Ieremias Thriuerus doth cal the accidents of euery disease Insultum, a brag, in reproch of the whole body. a1653 H. Binning (1659) xxiv. 243 Man draweth himself from his alledgeance due to his Maker, and shaketh off the yoke in reproach of the most High. 1656 W. Prynne 27 We have sometime heard, that the Jews have not feared to attempt such things in reproach of Jesus Christ, our crucified Lord. 1700 R. Brady tr. Abp. R. Winchelsea in 176 The Profits of Ecclesiastical Benefices, reserved in your Kingdom by the Pope himself, according to the prohibition of your Officers in Reproach of the Holy See. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [phrase] > censured 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero i. sig. D.4* Of the hye pride of herte whiche is in reproche, and maye be called madhardynesse. 1610 II. Ecclus. xli. 10 The children complaine of an impious father, because for him they are in reproch. 1674 W. Bates xx. 418 The Unbeliever is convinc'd by his Senses, the only witnesses above reproach in his account. 1702 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy ii. 193 She shelter'd herself from any Indignity by the Character of her Husband, whom she took to be beyond Reproach. 1797 108 How is the Testimony of the other five disinterested Persons, whose Characters are beyond Reproach, to be disposed of? 1845 July 120/2 Pope's reputation is above reproach, enshrined in honour for evermore. 1872 M. Oliphant II. 44 The desire that this universitarian teaching should be above reproach. 1913 Feb. 121/1 (advt.) The prices are said to be far less than those encountered in the West Endrestaurants, while the cooking is beyond reproach. 1950 3 Mar. 6/2 Under Perón all elections have been above reproach. 2006 V. Rounding xviii. 436 Though Joseph may have censured Catherine for her relationship with Mamonov, he himself was not beyond reproach on this trip. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adverb] a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 158 They were ignorant to a reproach: And many of them were openly vitious. 1736 tr. 56 That they were naturally fickle and unsteady; but that they had been so to a Reproach for near twenty Years last past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reproachv.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reprocher. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reprocher (French reprocher ) to recall (something disagreeable to someone), to blame or criticize (someone for something), to accuse (someone of something), to impute (something to someone) with blame, to criticize (a person's conduct, etc.), to rebuke, scold (someone) (all 12th cent. in Old French as reprochier ), to recall (a service rendered, etc. to someone) with imputation of ingratitude (13th cent.), probably < an unattested post-classical Latin form *repropiare < classical Latin re- re- prefix + prope near (see proxime adj.1), on the model of post-classical Latin adpropiare , appropiare (see approach v.); for the (regular) phonological development in French compare e.g. approcher approach v. Compare Old Occitan repropchar (late 12th or early 13th cent.), and also (all ultimately either from or after French or Occitan) Catalan reprotxar (1490), Spanish reprochar (15th cent.), Portuguese reprochar (15th cent.), Italian rimprocciare (a1348). Compare earlier reproce v., repruce v. Compare also reproach n. 1. a. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] a1400 (Pepys) (1922) 98 (MED) Þe Jewes..reprocheden hym of þat he hadde yseide. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil i. Prol. 504 Gif I haue failȝeit, baldly repruif my ryme, Bot..Reproche me nocht quhill the work be oursene. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. ii. xxv. 233 He began to reproche þame of þare fleing. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. F1v, in (rev. ed.) That I should be occasioned thus to reproch you as I doo, is..vnto me no great contentment. 1611 Job xxvii. 6 My heart shall not reproach me so long as I liue. View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Tombes viii. 24 He durst not answer me lest the very naming my untruths might cause me to say, he reproached or railed. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius 10 Our Musketteers..reproach'd him for having communicated too much to us. 1734 tr. T.-S. Gueullette xlix. 220 He gently reproached her for her Indifference. 1757 C. Bradbury 135 When one came and reproached Xenophon, says he, You have learned how to reproach. 1797 A. Radcliffe I. vi. 146 She gently reproached him for doubting the continuance of her regard. 1883 J. A. Froude 4th Ser. i. x. 124 He reproached Fitzurse for ingratitude for past kindness. 1899 K. Chopin xxiv. 185 The Colonel reproached his daughter for her lack of filial kindness and respect, her want of sisterly affection and womanly consideration. 1921 T. S. Eliot 1 Jan. (1988) I. 428 I have..to thank you, first, for your amiability and mansuetude in not reproaching me for the ‘London Letter’. 1953 6 Jan. 7/4 Whitehall, which is so often reproached for over-fondness for regulations, has evolved no rules about the size of cavities in visiting cheeses. 2005 M. Atwood xvi. 122 I reproached them all for not having told me of my son's departure. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (reflexive)] 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin i. xiii. f. 43v He reprocheth himselfe of fearefulnesse, and in repetyng the same twise, confesseth himself to be somtimes subiect to many troublesome motions. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy (1647) i. v. 124 As soone as the Queene had ended reproaching her selfe, she addressed her speech to Amintha. 1697 tr. D. P. E. 38 Now I begin to repent of those Words, which the refusal of her last Favour made me utter. He reproach'd himself thus for a long time. 1727 D. Defoe i. iv. 101 How would they have reproach'd themselves. 1798 (new ed.) III. 81 He fell into a gentle slumber. He afterwards reproached himself as guilty of pusillanimity. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. I. 100 As she sat reproaching herself, she beheld the Wezeer standing at her hand. 1870 C. Dickens iv. 24 I will not say that I have reproached myself. 1919 ‘K. Mansfield’ 7 Nov. (1993) III. 74 Ever since I had that crise of depression I have bitterly reproached myself for letting you know. a1969 J. Kerouac (1992) 355 All the goofs he felt in him were justified in the outside world and he had nothing to reproach himself for. 1992 P. Auster (1993) iii. 114 As long as nothing happened, it's hardly worth reproaching yourself for. b. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with 1570 in T. Norton & T. Sackville Pref. sig. Aii If..she shall be still reproched with her former missehap, or quarelled at by enuious persons, she poore gentlewoman wil surely play Lucreces part & of her self die for shame. 1656 R. Baxter Ep. Ded. sig. A4v He is impudently inhumane that will reproach men with their sins, that bewail them and penitently charge them upon themselves. 1694 W. Congreve i. i. 11 I have been a very great Rogue for your sake, and you reproach me with it. 1725 D. Defoe i. 48 I would reproach them with..what had past. 1769 ‘Junius’ (1772) I. xxiii. 171 The Duke..reproached him in plain terms, with his duplicity. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. xiii. 115 Lady Vargrave's heart reproached her with not having..loved this sweet girl as she deserved. 1855 T. B. Macaulay (1899) II. xiii. 10 He was reproached with this misfortune as if it had been a crime. 1896 J. Curtin tr. H. Sienkiewicz lvii. 452 Some reproached the Christians with cowardice and pusillanimity. 1919 F. Hurst 205 She reproaches me with having brought about this goy mix-up! 2007 G. Jahoda ii. iv. 73 [Henri Comte de Saint-Simon] later moved away from mathematicians, reproaching them with not having made a contribution to the solution of pressing social problems. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (reflexive)] 1643 P. Heylyn 5 He is too Iust and too pious a Prince to break those promises, and to reproach Himselfe with His owne Declarations. 1661 G. Havers tr. M. de Scudéry V. i. 79 He thinks he should be more miserable if he could reproach himself with an action of weakness, than if he were expos'd to the most cruel persecution. 1724 D. Defoe 391 I reproach'd myself with my Rashness, in turning away so faithful a Creature. 1756 A. Butler I. 543 During the fury of the persecution under Valerian, they often called to mind the triumphs of the martyrs, and secretly reproached themselves with cowardice. 1824 W. S. Landor I. xiii. 227 A..man, who can reproach himself with no perversion or neglect of justice in a magistrature of twenty years. 1855 Ld. Houghton Let. in T. W. Reid (1890) I. xi. 527 It is one of those inconsideratenesses with which I am continually reproaching myself. 1877 H. James xv. 305 I no more reproach you with misleading my innocence than I reproach myself with practising on hers. 1937 12 390 John Bunyan reproached his sinful self with having..sportively rung the churchbells, and read the romance of Beves of Southampton. 1997 A. Perry x. 333 You conducted yourselves both legally and morally in a perfectly upright manner and have nothing with which to reproach yourselves. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn a1475 (a1450) J. Shirley tr. (BL Add.) (1977) 293 Have a temperance in your largesse..ne reproch [Abbrev. reproche; c1450 Royal repreue, Fr. reprouchier] not the giftes that ye have given, for it is not conuenyent to folkes of gode estate. a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 522, in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 205 A..Remeid Syn to reproche I fynd in all degre Is to Remembre þe dreidfull day of deid. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 61 (heading) Hou na man durst reproche the Erlle of Douglas proceidingis. 1660 P. Heylyn (title page) The Five Controverted Points, Reproached in these Last times by the Name of Arminianism. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil 527 Mezentius..with his ardour warm'd His fainting Friends, reproach'd their shameful flight. 1749 S. Johnson 11 His last Sighs reproach the Faith of Kings. 1791 J. Mackintosh i. 44 The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity, which tacitly reproached the arrogant assumption of the Nobles. 1813 P. B. Shelley vi. 77 Their everlasting and unchanging laws Reproached thine ignorance. 1882 No. 1393. 45 Stacks of umbrellas and bales of neglected great coats which in Scotland Yard await their owners, and mutely reproach the casualness of man. 1934 T. V. Smith i. 12 The Epicureans with a philosophy whose joy of life others have envied, even while reproaching it, gathered themselves together in small groups in order to shut the world out. 1959 M. Barth 189 He reproached the noisy, informal Corinthian exuberance.., even as he might today disagree with the quiet, formless Quaker meetings. 2000 P. Cleary 1 She responded to Ralph's criticism with anger, questioning his character and reproaching his actions in a sarcastic tone. 3. the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) vi. 141 It shall not be reproched to me that ye fyghte me a fote, & I on horsbacke. 1571 G. Buchanan sig. A 5v And all this was..reprochit to thame be thay doaris of the mischeifis. 1575 tr. J. D'Albin de Valsergues vii. f. 14v Those that doo reproche vnto vs now, that the popes of our dayes are not altogether so holy as S. Peter, we do confesse it. a1648 Ld. Herbert (1649) 499 He fail'd not to reproach unto the Pope his assisting of Francis. 1651 Ld. Orrery I. i. i. 57 Ah Madam (said I) reproach mee not the Crime you your Selfe make mee commit. 1668 J. Dryden 31 The French Writers..do not burden themselves too much with Plot, which has been reproach'd to them..as a fault. 1787 J. Adams II. iv. 399 His conduct was publicly related in council, and it was reproached to him as the greatest infamy. 1799 (Otridge ed.) 219/1 They indignantly complained that a motive so heinous and unfounded should be so be so frequently reproached to them. 1845 E. B. Barrett Let. in (1899) I. 69 Jealousy of contemporaries, which we hear reproached..on men of letters. 1870 25 Oct. 6/5 The mere fact of their frequenting cafés should not be reproached against them. 1927 H. A. Junod (new ed.) I. ii. ii. 297 This morality imposed on the girls, as well as the immorality reproached against those who do not respect the co-wives of their mother, may well both have their source in a certain physiological idea found amongst all these tribes. 1953 A. Zimmern xliii. 128 It has been reproached against the trade agreements that they did not prevent World War II. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > recall with reproaches 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy (1901) I. ii. xii. 173 Þe pepill..ran with grete cumpanyis to seruilius Consull, Ilkane reprocheand þe promisses maid be him. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero ii. sig. K.4 What..may lette me to folowe those thynges whiche be laudable semynge to me, and to reproche suche as be contrarye? the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute 1593 T. Nashe 46 Riches as they haue renowned, so they haue reproched London. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. vi. 418 Imputation, For that he knew you, might reproach your life, And choake your good to come. View more context for this quotation 1678 G. Mackenzie i. xi. 23. 137 And it is a greater scandal upon our religion, to kill a Jew, because it reproaches us amongst infidels. 1712 R. Steele No. 374. ¶1 If our past Actions reproach us. 1785 W. Cowper i. 393 The languid eye, the..wither'd muscle, and the vapid soul, Reproach their owner. 1823 J. Badcock 152 Successful competition in the show of cotton goods for many years reproached the British manufacturer. 1886 21 June (Cassell) The Inner Temple Hall, reproached with..Smirke's poverty-stricken perpendicular Gothic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.c1405v.a1400 |
