Word: reprimanded
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...running when they saw him coming." The Glee Club, too, in order to pay off a debt, had arranged to give several concerts in the neighboring towns; but the permission of the Faculty was at first flatly refused, but finally was granted, with great reluctance, accompanied by a reprimand. The same august body has also forbidden all match games of base-ball, so that poor Williams, now that boating is dead, seems to be deprived of all healthful recreation...
...noun summons is derived from the French semonce, an invitation to a ceremony, - a peculiarly happy derivation in view of its present use. The verb to summon (which in England, by the way, is always pronounced summonce) is derived from the French semoncer, to reprimand, to lecture, to give any one a talking...
...time" to respond to the request of boarders for information in regard to the food there served. We would mildly suggest that it is his business to have, or to make, time for such purposes, and that any failure in this respect entitles him to severe reprimand...