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rebuked

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re⋅buke

  [ri-byook] verb, -buked, -buk⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
–noun
2. sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME rebuken (v.) < AF rebuker (OF rebuchier) to beat back, equiv. to re- re- + bucher to beat, strike < Gmc

Related forms:
re⋅buk⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅buk⋅er, noun
re⋅buk⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. censure, upbraid, chide, admonish. See reproach. 2. reproach, remonstration, censure.
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re·buke   (rĭ-byōōk')   
tr.v.   re·buked, re·buk·ing, re·bukes

  1. To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. See Synonyms at admonish.

  2. To check or repress.

n.  A sharp reproof.

[Middle English rebuken, from Old North French rebuker : re-, back (from Latin; see re-) + *buker, to strike, chop wood (variant of Old French buschier, from busche, firewood, of Germanic origin).]
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Word Origin & History

rebuke  (v.)
c.1325, from Anglo-Fr. rebuker "to repel, beat back," O.Fr. rebuchier, from re- "back" + buschier "to strike, chop wood," from busche (Fr. bûche) "wood," from P.Gmc. *busk- (see bush). The noun is first attested c.1430.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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