reprehend
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Present
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reprehendsimple
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reprehendssimple
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have reprehendedperfect
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has reprehendedperfect
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am reprehendingprogressive
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are reprehendingprogressive
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is reprehendingprogressive
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have been reprehendingperfect progressive
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has been reprehendingperfect progressive
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reprehendedsimple
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had reprehendedperfect
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was reprehendingprogressive
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were reprehendingprogressive
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had been reprehendingperfect progressive
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Etymology
Origin of reprehend
1300–50; Middle English reprehenden < Latin reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equivalent to re- re- + prehendere to seize; see prehension
Example Sentences
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In the present case we by no means reprehend the avoidance of issues that we have described; we merely record it.
From The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind by Nathan, George Jean
What a man saith well is not, however, to be rejected because he hath some errors; reprehend who will, in God’s name, that is, with sweetness and without reproach.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
And no Man, whether Foe or Friend, Your sorry Match can reprehend.
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster
I am beginning to fear," said Rustem, "that Topaz may have been right to reprehend me for this journey, and I very wrong to undertake it.
From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
If the public taste in any direction, in politics, in letters, or any of the other Arts grows debased, and current critical opinion follows the debasement, Literature can only stand apart, or loftily reprehend them.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
In which words Cælestinus reprehends this apparel, as a novelty which tended to superstition, and made way to the mocking and deceiving of the faithful.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Our Saviour never in any single instance reprobated the exercise of reason: on the contrary, he reprehends severely those who did not exercise it.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Herein he goes beyond the bounds of knowledge, and indulges in the very dogmatism for which he reprehends the materialist.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Gregory himself reprehends the patriarch Eulogius for giving him in the superscription of his letter the title "universal Pope".
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
This we learn from an epistle of that father, in which he very severely reprehends them.
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert
Ernesto, 91, was famously reprehended in public by Pope John Paul during a visit to Nicaragua in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2016
Yet that is what a crowd did at St. Louis last week and, curiously enough, its indecorum was too inevitable to be reprehended.
From Time Magazine Archive
His modern instances are, of course, sheer blunders, and cannot be too severely reprehended; and artists must always remember that such liberties should never be taken, unless by these means some higher object is gained.
There is but one species of affectation, to be more severely reprehended, in this connection, than that now considered; it is the opposite of this, a feigned Insensibility.
From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)
Parson Thatcher was accused and reprehended in 1675 for making visits with a coach and four.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
R arrogated to himself the right of reprehending every one who differed from him.
From Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 by Various
Then pardon me for reprehending thee, For thou hast done a charitable deed.
From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William
It does not assume the office of reprehending or warning through a motive of bitter zeal.
From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit
He sent for Harrison and Craye, reprehending them very gently for the tone they had adopted to a repentant sinner, and when they returned to their study, they used the language of despair.
From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard
You may sneer at, you may censure, you may castigate them for what they really do, but beware of reprehending them for that which they have never done.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
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