Vi-tu′per-ate
(?; 277)
,
[L.
vituperatus
, p. p. of
vituperare
to blame, vituperate;
vitium
a fault +
parare
to prepare. See
Vice
a fault, and
Pare
,
]
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.