Definition of Reprihend
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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