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To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently. Spencer. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak. Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. Barrow. (more info) certain rate, to

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To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently. Spencer. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak. Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. Barrow. (more info) certain rate, to estimate, but more prob. fr. Sw. rata to find fault, to blame, to despise, to hold cheap; cf. Icel. hrat refuse, hrati

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  • COUNTERBRACE
    To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
  • ADMONISHER
    One who admonishes.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • CLASSIFIC
    Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • COUNTERACTIVE
    Tending to counteract.
  • CLASSIFICATORY
    Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
  • DERANGER
    One who deranges.
  • MISJUDGE
    To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
  • COUNTERFLEURY
    Counterflory.
  • COUNTERVIEW
    1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
  • COUNTABLE
    Capable of being numbered.
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • SCOLDER
    1. One who scolds. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. The old squaw.
  • CLASSICISM
    A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
  • COUNTRY-DANCE
    See MACUALAY
  • DERANGEMENT
    The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
  • RANGEMENT
    Arrangement. Waterland.
  • CHIDESTER
    A female scold.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • ESTRANGE
    extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
  • ORANGEADE
    A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
  • CITRANGE
    A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
  • MENOSTATION
    See MENOSTASIS

 

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