REPREHEND

reprehend. Reprehend, v.t. to reprove, chide, blame, censure

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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.