See Also: increpation(dictionary)

bove (iou) and increpation (iou)


bove (iou)



bove adverb & preposition. Now poet. Now also 'bove.
[Old English bufan, from bi BY preposition + ufan above (ult. formed as UP adverb1 etc.); later aphet. from ABOVE.]
= ABOVE.

increpation (iou)



increpation noun. arch. E16.
[Latin increpatio(n-), from increpat- pa. ppl stem of increpare scold, chide, formed as IN-2 + crepare make a noise, creak: see -ATION.]
(A) reproof, (a) rebuke.