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Webster 1913 Edition


Berate

Be-rate′

(bē̍-rāt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Berated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Berating
.]
[See 2nd
rate
,
Verb.
T.
.]
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.
Holland.
Motley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Berate

BERA'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[be and rate.] To chide vehemently; to scold.