Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chide; rebuke.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To chide; to rebuke; to reprove.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
chide ; torebuke ; toreprove .
Etymologies
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Latin increpatus, past participle of increpare to upbraid; prefix in- in, against + crepare to talk noisily.
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