Reprehending

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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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