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reprehend

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rep⋅re⋅hend

  [rep-ri-hend]
Use reprehend in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
Origin:
1300–50; ME reprehenden < L reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equiv. to re- re- + prehendere to seize; see prehension

Related forms:
rep⋅re⋅hend⋅a⋅ble, adjective
rep⋅re⋅hend⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
reproach, upbraid, chide, admonish.
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rep·re·hend   (rěp'rĭ-hěnd')   
tr.v.   rep·re·hend·ed, rep·re·hend·ing, rep·re·hends
To reprove; censure. See Synonyms at criticize.

[Middle English reprehenden, from Latin reprehendere : re-, re- + prehendere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

reprehend 
c.1340, from L. reprehendere "seize, restrain," lit. "pull back," from re- "back" + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile). Reprehensible is recorded from 1382.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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