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atwite

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Verb — To blame or scold someone.

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Etymology

PIE word *h₂éd. Comes from Middle English atwiten (‘to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt’), from Old English ætwītan (‘to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt’), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’...

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