increpate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin increpātus, secondary perfect passive participle of increpō (“to upbraid”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, against”) + crepō (“to talk noisily”).

Verb

increpate (third-person singular simple present increpates, present participle increpating, simple past and past participle increpated)

1. (obsolete) To chide; to rebuke; to tell off. [1570–1657]
   • 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters To Squire Pedant, In The East:

     […] increpated all iconolaters

References

• “increpate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• parenetic

Latin

Verb

increpāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of increpō

Spanish

Verb

increpate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of increpar combined with te