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upbraid(2)(dictionary)
upbraid(1)(dictionary)
purge(1)(dictionary)
purge(2)(dictionary)
Purge(money)
Purge(medicine)
Pride's Purge(dictionary)
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purge(1) (iou) and upbraid(2) (iou)


purge(1) (iou)



purge noun. M16.
[from PURGE verb or Old & mod. French, formed as next.]
A thing that purges; spec. a purgative. M16.
The action or an act of purging someone or something; esp. the removal from an organization, party, etc., of people regarded as undesirable. M16.
PRIDE'S PURGE.
H. Arendt Almost all higher officials owe their positions to purges that removed their predecessors.
b. Removal of one liquid by flushing with another; an instance of this. M20.

upbraid(2) (iou)



upbraid verb.
[Late Old English upbredan, perh. after unrecorded Old Norse verb from upp- UP- + bregea BRAID verb1. Cf. BRAID verb2, UPBRAY verb.]
I. verb trans. Bring forward or attribute (a matter) as a ground for censure or reproach. (Foll. by against, to.) LOE-E18.
W. Gouge This is not upbraided to David as a crime.
verb trans. Censure, find fault with; esp. chide or reproach (a person). (Foll. by for, with.) ME.
S. Richardson Mr. Clerimont then upbraids her Guilt. R. Lindner She..upbraided me almost daily for my 'coldness'. S. J. Perelman My wife objects to cigar fumes in the bath, she's constantly upbraiding me.
verb intrans. Censure, find fault; esp. speak chidingly or reproachfully to a person. ME.
M. Mitchell Scarlett glared at her, too tired to rail, too tired to upbraid.
II. verb intrans. Cast, pull, or set up. Only in ME.
verb intrans. Come out of a faint; start up, spring up. LME-E16.
a. verb intrans. Of Food: be regurgitated. Now dial. M16.
b. verb trans. Of Food: cause indigestion in, nauseate. Now dial. L16.
upbraider noun (now rare) L16.
upbraiding verbal noun the action of the verb; an instance of this, a reproach, a reproof: ME.
upbraidingly adverb in an upbraiding manner L16.