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. [1913 Webster]

Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Pardon me for reprehending thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • reprehend — I verb accuse, admonish, animadvert, berate, betongue, blame, bring to book, call down, call to account, cast blame upon, castigate, censure, charge, chastise, chide, condemn, correct, criticize, decry, denounce, disapprove, dress down,… …   Law dictionary

  • reprehend — mid 14c., from L. reprehendere seize, restrain, lit. pull back, from re back + prehendere to grasp, seize (see PREHENSILE (Cf. prehensile)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • reprehend — *criticize, censure, reprobate, condemn, denounce, blame Analogous words: *reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, reproach, chide: *scold, upbraid, berate, rate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reprehend — [rep΄ri hend′] vt. [ME reprehenden < L reprehendere < re , back + prehendere: see PREHENSILE] 1. to reprimand or rebuke (a person) 2. to find fault with (something done); censure SYN. CRITICIZE …   English World dictionary

  • reprehend — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin reprehendere, literally, to hold back, from re + prehendere to grasp more at get Date: 14th century to voice disapproval of ; censure Synonyms: see criticize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • reprehend — reprehendable, adj. reprehender, n. /rep ri hend /, v.t. to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame. [1300 50; ME reprehenden < L reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equiv. to re RE + prehendere to seize; see PREHENSION] Syn. reproach …   Universalium

  • reprehend — verb to criticize, to reprove See Also: apprehend, comprehend, reprehensible, reprehension …   Wiktionary

  • reprehend — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • reprehend — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. rebuke, reprove, reprimand; see censure , scold . See Synonym Study at censure . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To feel or express strong disapproval of: censure, condemn, denounce, deplore, reprobate. See PRAISE …   English dictionary for students

  • reprehend — rep·re·hend || ‚reprɪ hend v. reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, admonish …   English contemporary dictionary

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