Both Uses of
rebuke
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- The struggles and wrangles of the lads for her hand in a jig were an amusement to her—no more; and when they became fierce she rebuked them.†
Chpt 1 *rebuked = criticized severely
- Her rebuke and her mood seemed to fill the whole room, and to impart a cowed look to the furniture, and candle, and children playing about, and to her mother's face.†
Chpt 1rebuke = criticize severely; or such criticism
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."