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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To rebuke or scold angrily and at length. See Synonyms at scold.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To chide vehemently; scold.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To chide or scold vehemently; to lecture or rate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. censure severely or angrily

Etymologies

  1. be- + rate2.

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