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reprehending

 

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  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.




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