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Synonyms for reprehend

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rep-ri-hend
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛnd

Définition of reprehend

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Latin reprehendere "blame, censure, rebuke; seize, restrain," literally "pull back, hold back," from re- "back" (see re-) + prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).
  • verb disapprove
Example sentences :
  • There may be much to grieve over, but there is nothing to reprehend—anywhere.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
  • To reprehend well is the most necessary and the hardest part of friendship.
  • Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
  • Powell had even gone so far as to reprehend him for having done so.
  • Extract from : « A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) » by Frances Eleanor Trollope
  • Gentles, do not reprehend; (A big sob) If you pardon, we will mend.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Ellen Terry
  • Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
  • Extract from : « The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version » by Various
  • I answer, he may, by virtue of his office, reprehend any person or persons that walk the streets too late at a seasonable hour.
  • Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt
  • In his next chapter (the 23rd) he proceeds to reprehend the mistaken sense of law, growing up amongst physicists in his own day.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
  • We ask favours and reprehend injuries for a friend, where we would not solicit for, or defend, ourselves.
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books -- Vol XX -- Miscellaneous Literature and Index » by Various
  • In cases where a man takes the liberty after this manner to reprehend others, it is commonly said, "Let him look at home."
  • Extract from : « The Tatler, Volume 3 » by Various
  • A letter of Rev. Andrew Eliot is still in existence referring to this presentation, and severely did he reprehend it.
  • Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle

Antonyms for reprehend

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