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A.Word.A.Day--objurgate Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio objurgate (OB-juhr-gayt) verb tr. To scold or rebuke sharply; berate. [Latin obiurgare, obiurgat- : ob-, against + iurgare, to scold, sue at law :, probably ius, iur-, law; + agere, to do, proceed.] "The act about to be objurgated here calls on the Food and Drug Administration to oversee a broad revision of food labeling." Daniel Seligman, Patty de Llosa, Federal Food Follies, Fortune, 1 Jul 1991. This week's theme: verbs. X-Bonus Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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