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exprobrate

exprobrate verb: to reproach or upbraid.

Verb

exprobrate (third-person singular simple present exprobrates, present participle exprobrating, simple past and past participle exprobrated)

  1. (dated) To reproach or upbraid

Forms of exprobrate

third-person singular presentexprobrates
present participleexprobrating
past participleexprobrated
pastexprobrated

Origin of exprobrate

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

Words formed from exprobrate

Questions about exprobrate

What does exprobrate mean?
Exprobrate means to reproach or upbraid.
What part of speech is exprobrate?
Exprobrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of exprobrate?
The past tense of exprobrate is exprobrated.

Words near exprobrate in the dictionary

  1. exprest
  2. exprobate
  3. exprobated
  4. exprobates
  5. exprobating
  6. exprobrate
  7. exprobrated
  8. exprobrates
  9. exprobrating
  10. exprobration
  11. exprobrations

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