Defn: To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
REBUILDER
Re*build"er, n.
Defn: One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull.
REBUKABLE
Re*buk"a*ble, a.
Defn: Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak.
REBUKE Re*buke", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuking.] Etym: [OF. rebouquier to dull, blunt, F. reboucher; perhaps fr. pref. re- re- + bouche mouth, OF. also bouque, L. bucca cheek; if so, the original sense was, to stop the mouth of; hence, to stop, obstruct.]
Defn: To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden.
Syn.
— To reprove; chide; check; chasten; restrain; silence. See
Reprove.
REBUKE
Re*buke", n.
1. A direct and pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement;
punishment.
For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15.
Why bear you these rebukes and answer not Shak.