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laud | castigate |

As a proper noun laud

is .

As a verb castigate is

to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.

laud

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • or glorification.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Laud be to God.
  • * Tyndals
    • So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
  • Hymn of praise.
  • (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive) to praise, to glorify
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke I:
    • And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.

    See also

    * canonical hours

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    castigate

    English

    Verb

    (castigat)
  • To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 261:
    • The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.
  • To revise or make corrections to a publication.

    • Synonyms

    * (to punish severely) chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand * (to revise a publication) correct, revise * See also

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