increpate

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• Increpate — In cre*pate, v. t. [L. increpatus, p. p. of increpare to upbraid; pref. in in, against + crepare to talk noisily.] To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• increpate — index lash (attack verbally), reprehend, reproach Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• lash — I (attack verbally) verb admonish, animadvert upon, assail, berate, betongue, blackguard, cast reproach upon, castigate, chastise, chide, criticize severly, decry, excoriate, exprobrate, flay, fulminate against, impugn, increpate, inveigh,… …   Law dictionary

• reprehend — I verb accuse, admonish, animadvert, berate, betongue, blame, bring to book, call down, call to account, cast blame upon, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, correct, criticize, decry, denounce, disapprove, dress down,… …   Law dictionary

• reproach — I noun accusation, animadversion, blame, castigation, censure, chastisement, chiding, complaint, condemnation, contempt, contumelia, contumely, correction, degradation, denouncement, denunciation, derogation, disapprobation, disapproval,… …   Law dictionary