Reprehend

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was
           not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
                                                    --Bacon.
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           Pardon me for reprehending thee.         --Shak.
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           In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
           . are severely reprehended.              --Dryden.
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           I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.   --J. Philips.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reprehend
       v : express strong disapproval of

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "reprehend":
     accuse, admonish, anathematize, anathemize, animadvert on, arraign,
     berate, blame, bring to book, call to account, cast blame upon,
     cast reflection upon, censure, chastise, chide, complain against,
     condemn, correct, cry down, cry out against, cry out on,
     cry shame upon, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate,
     fulminate against, have words with, impeach, impugn, indict,
     inveigh against, knock, lecture, objurgate, rap, rate, rebuke,
     reflect upon, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, scold,
     set down, set straight, shake up, skin, spank, straighten out,
     take down, take to task, upbraid