objurgate

It is customary to objurgate Thackeray as too moral.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

He found various relishes, condiments, and preserves, and what not, all of which he tasted, some of which he enjoyed, and some of which he seemed to objurgate in choice Kickapoo.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 by Various

Let his fellows grumble and objurgate, said he; they would cringe to him when he became a dragoman, with his pockets stuffed with piastres.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

If you step on one after nightfall, it will be useless to objurgate.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

This was repeated to Ahchoogah, who turned and objurgated his people with every appearance of anger.

From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert

Human nature is perverse and exacting, and there were those who objurgated his memory because he had constructed his cantonment a few sizes too large to be comfortably defended by Sir Frederick Roberts' little force.

From The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Forbes, Archibald

And at his confession they shrieked and objurgated him in the pithy rhetoric of the locality.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

Occasionally he objurgated Mr. Ledbetter's clumsiness, and urged him to hurry, and several times he appealed to Mr. Ledbetter's watch for information.

From Twelve Stories and a Dream by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The little fellow thus objurgated, his eyes scintillating with mirth, now fairly astride of his father's shoulders, clung tenaciously to his prize, and petitioned for a ride in his familiar seat.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

Then when he felt himself in the right mood, he feverishly improvized the play, laughing over the jokes, weeping over the pathetic moments and objurgating the evil deeds of the more despicable characters.

From How to Write a Play Letters from Augier, Banville, Dennery, Dumas, Gondinet, Labiche, Legouvé, Pailleron, Sardou, Zola by Matthews, Brander

He was thinking of those two dear women, as he called them to himself, objurgating himself for his unworthiness to be the kinsman and lover of one, the friend of the other.

From Mary Gray by Tynan, Katharine

On all sides zealotry raises and shakes a protesting hand; on all sides it shrieks, objurgating, threatening.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

Buddy drove, with Miss Montague by his side, the while Gray sat alone in the back seat of the car quietly objurgating the follies of youth and mournfully estimating his chances of surviving the night.

From Flowing Gold by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

In another case a woman rushed into the street, alternately objurgating and pleading with the spirits, who, she said, were vexing her child which had convulsions. 

From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.