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▪ I. reˈproaching, vbl. n.
[f. reproach v. + -ing1.]
The action of reproving or upbraiding.
1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. i, Songes and plaies and enterludes..for the rebuking and reproching of vices. 1611Bible Ecclus. xxix. 28 These things are grieuous to a man of vnderstanding: the vpbraiding of house-roome, and reproching of the lender. 1648Milton Observ. Art. Peace Ormond Wks. 1851 IV. 572 For the reproaching, let them answer that are guilty. 1656Artif. Handsom. 66 These..fall..to bitter and scurrilous reprochings.
▪ II. reˈproaching, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That reproaches; upbraiding.
1742Richardson Pamela III. 169 My Lady said, None of your reproaching Eye, Pamela; I know what you hint at. 1795Southey Joan of Arc iv. 465 She look'd at him With a reproaching eye of tenderness. 1817A. Bonar Serm. II. xv. 319 The cruel desertions of reproaching kindred.
Hence reˈproachingly adv., in a reproaching manner; reproachfully.
1791C. Smith Celestina (ed. 2) I. 27 [His mother], who seemed to look at him reproachingly. 1826Chron. in Ann. Reg. 136/2 She..looked upon him so reproachingly, that he shrunk from his purpose. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths ix, ‘Unless she be really ill’..said her mother reproachingly. |