T`AUNT,
1. To reproach with severe or insulting words to revile to upbraid.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her--
2. To exprobrate to censure.
Rail thou in Fulvia's phrase,and taunt my faults.
T`AUNT, n. Upbraiding words bitter or sarcastic reproach insulting invective.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.
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