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Latin
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Etymology
From re- + prehendō (“catch, grasp”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reprehendō (present infinitive reprehendere, perfect active reprehendī, supine reprehēnsum); third conjugation
- to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch
- to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore
- to blame, find fault with, censure, reprove, rebuke, reprehend, scold
- Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, perstringō, arguō, īnsector, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, exprobrō, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, animadvertō, compellō
- (law) to convict, pass judgment on, prosecute, reprimand
- Synonyms: accūsō, condemnō, iūdicō, damnō
- (rhetoric) to refute
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References
- “reprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “reprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)
Portuguese
Verb
reprehendo
- first-person singular present indicative of reprehender
Spanish
Verb
reprehendo
- first-person singular present indicative of reprehender