increpate

verb

1. To chide; to rebuke; to tell off.

   obsolete

   […]increpated all iconolaters

Where it comes from

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin increpātus, secondary perfect passive participle of increpō (“to upbraid”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, against”) + crepō (“to talk noisily”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry increpate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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