reprehend

[ rep-ri-hend ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.

Origin of reprehend

1
1300–50; Middle English reprehenden<Latin reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equivalent to re-re- + prehendere to seize; see prehension

Other words for reprehend

Other words from reprehend

  • rep·re·hend·a·ble, adjective
  • rep·re·hend·er, noun
  • un·rep·re·hend·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for reprehend

reprehend

/ (ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnd) /


verb
  1. (tr) to find fault with; criticize

Origin of reprehend

1
C14: from Latin reprehendere to hold fast, rebuke, from re- + prendere to grasp

Derived forms of reprehend

  • reprehendable, adjective
  • reprehender, noun

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