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English
Etymology
From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”).
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Verb
reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)
- to criticize, to reprove
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- “reprehend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “reprehend”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.