All 4 Uses of
rebuke
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- But Owen rebuked me for this idea, too.†
p. 112.3rebuked = criticized severely
- The stern look of Mary Magdalene rebuked them; her former line of work and her harsh reformation shamed them.†
p. 274.9 *
- And how he later rebuked our childishness by refusing to talk about her; if he "did it" with her, The Voice was not bragging about it.†
p. 298.9
- And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."†
p. 575.7
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."