Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
express strong disapproval of;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reprehend
v 1: express strong disapproval of