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Objurgate definitions
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OBJUR'GATE, v.t. [L. objurgo; ob and jurgo, to chide.] To chide; to reprove. [Not used.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]
2: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]
Merriam Webster's
transitive verb see objurgation
Oxford Reference Dictionary
v.tr. literary chide or scold. Derivatives: objurgation n. objurgatory adj. Etymology: L objurgare objurgat- (as OB-, jurgare quarrel f. jurgium strife)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Objurgate Ob*jur"gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Objurgated; p. pr. & vb. n. Objurgating.] [L. objurgatus, p. p. of objurgare to chide; ob (see Ob-) + jurgare to quarrel, scold, fr. jus right, court. See Jury.] To chide; to reprove.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
v. a. Chide, reprove, reprehend.
