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increpate

increpate verb: to chide; to rebuke; to tell off.

Verb

increpate (third-person singular simple present increpates, present participle increpating, simple past and past participle increpated)

  1. (obsolete) To chide; to rebuke; to tell off.
    • […]increpated all iconolaters1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters To Squire Pedant, In The East

Forms of increpate

third-person singular presentincrepates
present participleincrepating
past participleincrepated
pastincrepated

Origin of increpate

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin increpātus, secondary perfect passive participle of increpō (“to upbraid”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, against”) + crepō (“to talk noisily”).

Questions about increpate

What does increpate mean?
Increpate means to chide; to rebuke; to tell off.
What part of speech is increpate?
Increpate is a verb.
What is the past tense of increpate?
The past tense of increpate is increpated.

Words near increpate in the dictionary

  1. incrementers
  2. incrementing
  3. incrementor
  4. incrementors
  5. increments
  6. increpate
  7. increpated
  8. increpates
  9. increpating
  10. increpation
  11. increpations

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