EXPROBRATE

Verb

exprobrate (third-person singular simple present exprobrates, present participle exprobrating, simple past and past participle exprobrated)

(dated) To reproach or upbraid

Source: Wiktionary


Ex"pro*brate, v. t. Etym: [L. exprobratus, p.p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act.]

Definition: To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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