Remonstrate: alternatives and connections

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

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To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

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To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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To chide; to reprove.

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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

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To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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To beat severely.

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The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to sco…

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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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