Re*buke" (r&esl;*būk"), n. 1. A
direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake
I have suffered rebuke.
Jer. xv. 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
Shak. 2.
Check; rebuff.
[Obs.]
L'Estrange.
To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or
censure; to be blameless.
Re*buke" (r&esl;*būk"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (-būkt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.]
[OF.
rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca
cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of;
hence, to stop, obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he
tamed, the penitent he cheered,
Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See Reprove.
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