reprehend

American  

[rep-ri-hend] / ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛnd /

verb (used with object)

1. to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.

   Synonyms:

   admonish, chide, upbraid, reproach

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reprehend British  

/ ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnd /

verb

1. (tr) to find fault with; criticize

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Other Word Forms

• reprehendable adjective
• reprehender noun
• unreprehended adjective

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

They kindly, but strongly, reprehend the first error, and guard them by the most prudent admonitions against a repetition of their fault.

From A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Scott, Sarah

If you can reprehend me of anie one illiberall licentious action I haue disparaged your name with, heape shame on me prodigally, I beg no pardon or pittie.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund

You are not to palliate or aggravate the offences of your brethren; but in the decision of every trespass against our rules, you are to judge with candor, admonish with friendship, and reprehend with justice.

From The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by Morgan, William

Even my protector—he who has sworn before God and man;—but you, Louisa, will reprehend my indiscreet expressions.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

He who will not to friends' advice attend; Must not complain when they him reprehend.

From The Golden Link of Friendship by Various