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criticize severely; or such criticism
- 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
- But Owen rebuked me for this idea, too.p. 112.3
- The stern look of Mary Magdalene rebuked them; her former line of work and her harsh reformation shamed them.p. 274.9
- 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
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