Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Rebuke (-d)
rebuke (-d), v. [ONFr re-, again + bucher, beat, strike.]
- Chide; reprove; restrain; punish; silence; stop; put an end to.
- [Fig.] reject; condemn; deplore; discountenance; disapprove of; frown upon.
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