reprehend

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

Related forms

rep·re·hend·a·ble, adjective

rep·re·hend·er, noun

un·rep·re·hend·ed, adjective

Synonyms
reproach, upbraid, chide, admonish.

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reprehend (ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnd)

—vb
	(tr) to find fault with; criticize

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

repre'hendable

—*adj*

repre'hender

—n

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reprehend

mid-14c., from L. reprehendere "seize, restrain," lit. "pull back," from re- "back" + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).

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