Both Uses of
rebuke
in
The Horse and His Boy
- Therefore I addressed myself a second time to the stabbing, but Hwin came near to me and put her head in between me and the dagger and discoursed to me most excellent reasons and rebuked me as a mother rebukes her daughter.†
Chpt 3 *rebuked = criticized severely
- Therefore I addressed myself a second time to the stabbing, but Hwin came near to me and put her head in between me and the dagger and discoursed to me most excellent reasons and rebuked me as a mother rebukes her daughter.†
Chpt 3rebukes = criticizes severely
Definitions:
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(1)
(rebuke) criticize severely; or such criticism
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In archaic literature, you may see rebuke used in a sense of "to check" or "repress."