# objurgate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɒbd͡ʒə(ɹ)ɡeɪt/

## Definitions
1. To rebuke or scold strongly.
2. To remonstrate, complain, to rail against.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obiūrgātus, perfect passive participle of obiūrgō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- (“to, against”) + iūrgō (“to dispute, chide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

## Source
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