objurgate

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

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

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

There was the usual moment of confusion, as the driver objurgated vociferously, after the manner of his class, and a man jumped out of the vehicle and ran to the horse’s head.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

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)

I believe he was ashamed to admit the fact that he had been beaten in open fight by the objurgated Engländerin.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant

I was so filled with anger when I read this note that I openly objurgated “His Wife’s Deceased Sister.”

From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

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.

Mentally objurgating Sophy, and with an unpleasant impression in his mind of the unknown neighbor who had been helping Miss Sally in his place, he nevertheless tried to collect himself gallantly.

From Sally Dows by Harte, Bret

Then he relieved his feelings by objurgating the panic-stricken Somalis, whose superstitious minds interpreted the appearance of the air-borne host as a sure indication of war.

From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis

They go on, debating, denouncing, objurgating: loud weltering Chaos, which devours itself.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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.

Inwardly objurgating the spying Melinda, but relieved that his playmates hadn't broken their promise of secrecy, Mr. Hamlin laughed.

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret