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Webster 1913 Edition
Reprehend
Repˊre-hend′
(r?pˊr?-h?nd′)
, Verb.
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. Shakespeare
In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely
reprehended
. Dryden.
I nor advise nor
reprehend
the choice. J. Philips.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reprehend
REPREHEND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To chide; to reprove.Pardon me for reprehending thee.
2.
To blame; to censure.I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice.
3.
To detect of fallacy.This color will be reprehended or encountered, by imputing to all excellencies in compositions a kind of poverty. [Not in use.]
4.
To accuse; to charge with a fault; with of; as Aristippus, being reprehended of luxury.Definition 2024
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Verb
reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)
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