Berate Definition
bĭ-rāt
berated, berates, berating
verb
berated, berates, berating
To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.
American Heritage
To scold or rebuke severely.
Webster's New World
To chide or scold vehemently.
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Origin of Berate
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From be- + rate (“to scold, upbraid”), from Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratjaną, *hratōną (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight”), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside”), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”).
From Wiktionary
be– rate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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