increpate

English

Etymology

From Latin increpatus, past participle of increpare (to upbraid); prefix in- (in, against) + crepare (to talk noisily).

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.
    • 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters To Squire Pedant, In The East:
      [] increpated all iconolaters

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Anagrams

Latin

Verb

increpāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of increpō

Spanish

Verb

increpate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of increpar combined with te
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