About The Word Reprehend
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Reprehend
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What's The Definition Of Reprehend?
[v] express strong disapproval of
Synonyms | Synonyms for Reprehend: Related Terms | Find terms related to Reprehend: See Also | criticise | criticize | pick apart Reprehend In Webster's Dictionary \Rep`re*hend"\ (r?p`r?-h?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprehending}.] [L.
reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame;
pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See {Prehensile},
and cf. {Reprisal}. ]
To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking,
or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove
of; to chide; to blame; to censure. --Chaucer.
Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was
not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
--Bacon.
Pardon me for reprehending thee. --Shak.
In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
. are severely reprehended. --Dryden.
I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. --J. Philips.
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