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verb (used with object)
to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English reprehenden < Latin reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equivalent to re- re- + prehendere to seize; see prehension
1300–50; Middle English reprehenden < Latin reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equivalent to re- re- + prehendere to seize; see prehension
Related forms
rep·re·hend·a·ble, adjective
rep·re·hend·er, noun
un·rep·re·hend·ed, adjective
Synonyms
reproach, upbraid, chide, admonish.
reproach, upbraid, chide, admonish.
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Word Origin & History
reprehend
mid-14c., from L. reprehendere "seize, restrain," lit. "pull back," from re- "back" + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).
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