Vi-tū'per-āte, v. t.

(Synop., § 130), v. t. [Lat. vituperare, vituperatum, from vitium, a fault, and parare, to prepare; It. vituperare, Sp., Pg., & Pr. vituperar, O. Fr. vituperer.] To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with abuse; to censure.