- (v.i.) To utter upbraidings.
- (v.t.) To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to cast something in the teeth of; -- followed by with or for, and formerly of, before the thing imputed.
- (v.t.) To object or urge as a matter of reproach; to cast up; -- with to before the person.
- (v.t.) To reprove severely; to rebuke; to chide.
- (n.) The act of reproaching; contumely.
- (v.t.) To treat with contempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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