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Definition of Reprehend

Reprehend
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.

Meaning of Reprehend from wikipedia

- put forth in the Preface to The Humorist (1671): "My design was it, to reprehend some of the Vices and Follies of the Age, which I take to be the most...
- a prologue condemning gangsters, an alternate ending to more clearly reprehend Camonte, and the alternative title The Shame of a Nation. The censors...
- that you do so by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit when you should be reprehending vice and praising virtue ... Prophecies like these should not be made...
- Gilbert White (1720–93) quotes the words of John Philips: I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice Of Marcley Hill; the apple nowhere finds A kinder mould; yet...
- e. indigenous communities) this is denounced as "access control" and reprehended as censorship. In several national and private academic systems, the...
- this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend: If you pardon, we will mend.⁠ And, as I'm an honest Puck, If we have...
- malapropisms. In Act 3 Scene III, she declares to Captain Absolute, "Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice...
- Snead's persistence started to irritate the governor, the magistrate was reprehended: He [Markham] called me rascal and dared me to issue my warrants against...
- criticize their supposedly excessive living arrangements, while Warren is reprehended for donating only a small portion of her net worth to causes she advocates...
- and Prussia cannot be claimed as due to Stein's actions, which were reprehended in court circles as those of a fanatic. At that time, the great patriot...