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verb (chides, chiding, chid, chided, or chode, chid, chided, or chidden)
  1. to loudly admonish in blame; to angrily reproach
1591 And yet I was last chidden for being too slow. " Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, s:The_Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona
  1. SCENE_I._Milan._A_room_in_the_DUKE.27S_palace., Act 2, Scene 1.
    1598 If the scorn of your bright eyne
    Have power to raise such love in mine,
    Alack, in me what strange effect
    Would they work in mild aspect?
    Whiles you chid me, I did love " Shakespeare, As You Like It, s:As You Like It/Act IV, Act 4 Scene 2.
    1611 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? " Genesis 31:36 KJV.
Translations:
  • German: schelten
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: cidan, ÄÄdan, of uncertain origin.

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