Rebuke

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 86

rē-būk′, v.t. to check with reproof: to chide or reprove: ( B. ) to chasten.— n. direct reproof: reprimand: reprobation: ( B. ) chastisement: a severe check.— adjs. Rebūk′able ; Rebuke′ful .— adv. Rebuke′fully .— n. Rebūk′er .— adv. Rebūk′ingly . [O. Fr. rebouquer (Fr. reboucher ), from re- , back, bouque (Fr. bouche ), the mouth—L. bucca , the cheek.]