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reprehend |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Reprehend \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: reprehend v : express strong disapproval of
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