She gave unto him many rebucous words.
Fabyan.
Re*buff" (r*bf"), n. [It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref.
ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. Buff to strike, Buffet a blow.] 1.
Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.
Milton.
2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence;
rejection of solicitation.
Re*buff", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuffed (r*bft"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rebuffing.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to
repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Re*build" (r*bld"), v. t. To build again, as something which has been
demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf,
or a city.
Re*build"er (-r), n. One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
Re*buk"a*ble (r*bk"*b'l), a. Worthy of rebuke or reprehension;
reprehensible. Shak.
Re*buke" (r*bk"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked (-bkt"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rebuking.] [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr.
pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so,
the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop,
obstruct.] To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by
expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to
chide; to reprove; to admonish.
The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich
offender feared.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See
Reprove.
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Re*buke" (r*bk"), n. 1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand;
also, chastisement; punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jer. xv. 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not?
Shak.