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objurgate
 
SYLLABICATION:ob·jur·gate
PRONUNCIATION:  bjr-gt, b-jûrgt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ob·jur·gat·ed, ob·jur·gat·ing, ob·jur·gates
To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin obirgre, obirgt- : ob-, against; see ob– + irgre, to scold, sue at law ( probably is, ir-, law; see yewes- in Appendix I + agere, to do, proceed; see ag- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:objur·gation —NOUN
ob·jurga·tori·ly (b-jûrg-tôr-l, -tr-) —ADVERB
ob·jurga·tory (-tôr, -tr) —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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