Both Uses of
rebuke
in
A Room With A View
- Lucy was standing flowerlike by the water, he rushed up and took her in his arms; she rebuked him, permitted him and revered him ever after for his manliness.†
Chpt 9 *rebuked = criticized severely
- In all that expanse no human eye is looking at her, and she may frown unrebuked and measure the spaces that yet survive between Apollo and the western hills.†
Chpt 15unrebuked = not criticizedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrebuked means not and reverses the meaning of rebuked. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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."