REBUKE
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Re*buke" (r&euptack_;*b&ū;k"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (r&euptack_;*b&ū;kt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
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The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.
Dryden.
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Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove.
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Re*buke" (r&euptack_;*b&ū;k"), n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
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For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jer. xv. 15.
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Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
Shak.
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2. Check; rebuff. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
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To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.
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