Definition of Reproaching

1. Verb. (present participle of reproach) ¹

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Definition of Reproaching

1. reproach [v] - See also: reproach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reproaching

reprized
reprizes
reprizing
repro
reproach
reproachable
reproached
reproacher
reproachers
reproaches
reproachest
reproacheth
reproachful
reproachfully
reproachfulness
reproaching
reproachingly
reproachless
reproacht
reprobacy
reprobance
reprobances
reprobate
reprobated
reprobateness
reprobater
reprobaters
reprobates
reprobating
reprobation

Literary usage of Reproaching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth, at the Trials by Samuel Dunn Parker (1834)
"Let a person be indicted upon this Statute, for reproaching the Holy Ghost, in which reproaching God, is one branch of offence, reproaching Jesus Christ is ..."

2. On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford by Matthew Arnold (1862)
"Take eld, for instance : when Shakspeare, reproaching man with the dependence in which bis youth is passed, all thy blessed youth Becomes as aged, ..."

3. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"... and afterwards nude M file off, to fee if the companies be a» pleat or to receive their pay, 6*. REVILE, reviling, reproaching. ..."

4. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"... whole time of the exercise with a paper pinned on her head on which is written in capital letters, " FOR Reproaching MINISTERS, PARENTS AND RELATIONS. ..."

5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... by his majesty's order, after reproaching them tenet having been more early in their application, told them, that the king would not reject their suit ..."

6. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"'^_, the King pitched upon this place, that he might 1566. enjoy the malicious pleasure of reproaching Rizio with his crimes before the Queen's face. ..."

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