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Webster 1913 Edition
Chide
Chide
(chīd)
, Verb.
T.
[AS.
cīdan
; of unknown origin.] 1.
To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided,
chid
, and rated at. Shakespeare
2.
Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that
chides
the banks of England. Shakespeare
Syn. – To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.
Chide
,Verb.
I.
1.
To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
Wherefore the people did
chide
with Moses. Ex. xvii. 2.
2.
To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
As doth a rock againts the
chiding
flood. Shakespeare
Chide
,Noun.
[AS.
cīd
] A continuous noise or murmur.
The
chide
of streams. Thomson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chide
CHIDE
, v.t.1.
To scold at; to reprove; to utter words in anger, or by way of disapprobation; to rebuke; as, to chide one for his faults.2.
To blame; to reproach; as, to chide folly or negligence.To chide from or chide away, is to drive away by scolding or reproof.
CHIDE
, v.i.1.
To scold; to clamor; to find fault; to contend in words of anger; sometimes followed by with.The people did chide with Moses. Ex. 17.
2.
To quarrel.3.
To make a rough, clamorous, roaring noise; as the chiding flood.CHIDE
,Noun.