chode en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /tʃəʊd/ (UK)
- /tʃoʊd/ (US)
Etymology
Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs.
Meanings
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(archaic, form-of, past) simple past of chide
form of chide
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Number 20:30:And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:36: