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  • 111chide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scold, lecture, reprove. See disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rebuke, reprimand, criticize; see censure , scold . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. reprove, scold, *dress down, upbraid, rebuke …

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  • 112correct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. improve, rectify, [set] right, remedy, repair, amend, reform, better; edit, mark; reprove, punish, chastise, discipline; counteract, neutralize. See improvement, punishment. adj. right, regular,… …

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  • 113forewarn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prepare (see preparation, warning). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. caution, alert, admonish; see warn . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To notify (someone) of imminent danger or risk: admonish, alarm,… …

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  • 114lecture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. address, discourse, expound; reprove, rebuke, scold. See teaching, disapprobation, speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A speech] Syn. discourse, address, talk; see speech 3 . 2. [A reprimand] Syn.… …

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  • 115scold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. reprove, rebuke, rate, chide, berate, tongue lash, bawl out (sl.). See disapprobation. Ant., praise. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. admonish, chide, berate, chasten, asperse, expostulate with, rebuke,… …

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  • 116call down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To entreat] Syn. invoke, supplicate, request; see appeal 1 , beg 1 , summon . 2. [*To scold sharply] Syn. rebuke, chide, admonish; see censure , scold . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To criticize for a fault or an offense:… …

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  • 117chasten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To punish] Syn. humble, humiliate, subdue, chastise, castigate, afflict, discipline, restrain, reprove, berate, take to task, upbraid, chide, rap on the knuckles, reproach, reprehend, admonish, rebuke, fulminate against,… …

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  • 118Warning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Warning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 warning warning early warning caution caveat Sgm: N 1 notice notice &c.(information) 527 Sgm: N 1 premonition premonition premonishment Sgm: N 1 prediction …

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  • 119Advice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Advice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 advice advice counsel adhortation| Sgm: N 1 word to the wise word to the wise Sgm: N 1 suggestion suggestion submonition| recommendation advocacy Sgm: N 1 advisemement …

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  • 120monster — [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum, a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred… …

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