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ob⋅jur⋅gate

  [ob-jer-geyt, uhb-jur-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
Origin:
1610–20; < L objūrgātus, ptp. of objūrgāre to rebuke, equiv. to ob- ob- + jūrgāre, jurigāre to rebuke, equiv. to jūr- (s. of jūs) law + -ig-, comb. form of agere to drive, do + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅tion, noun
ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅tor, noun
ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅to⋅ri⋅ly  [uhb-jur-guh-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-] , ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅to⋅ry, ob⋅jur⋅ga⋅tive, adjective
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ob·jur·gate   (ŏb'jər-gāt', ŏb-jûr'gāt')   
tr.v.   ob·jur·gat·ed, ob·jur·gat·ing, ob·jur·gates
To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.

[Latin obiūrgāre, obiūrgāt- : ob-, against; see ob- + iūrgāre, to scold, sue at law (probably iūs, iūr-, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots + agere, to do, proceed; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]
ob'jur·ga'tion n., ob·jur'ga·to'ri·ly (ŏb-jûr'gə-tôr'ə-lē, -tōr'-) adv., ob·jur'ga·to'ry (-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Objurgation

Ob`jur*ga"tion\, n. [L. objurgatio: cf.F. objurgation.] The act of objurgating; reproof.

While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr.Ben Allen. --Dickens.

With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs. --Landor.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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