transitive verb objurgated, objurgating
Origin: < L objurgatus, pp. of objurgare, to rebuke, chastise < ob- (see ob-) + jurgare, to chide, orig., to sue at law < jus (gen. juris: see jury) + agere, to do, act
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See objurgate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb ob·jur·gat·ed, ob·jur·gat·ing, ob·jur·gates
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Origin: Latin obiūrgāre, obiūrgāt-
Origin: : ob-, against; see ob-
Origin: + iūrgāre, to scold, sue at law (probably iūs, iūr-, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots + agere, to do, proceed; see ag- in Indo-European roots)
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