Meaning

1 senses

  1. To criticize, to reprove.

    publicly reprehend

    severely reprehend

    monieren

More definitions
  • to rebuke or reprimand

Examples

1 sentences

  1. A sensible man is moved more by being reprehended than a fool by a hundred whippings.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to criticise:

Origin

From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold

From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”).

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Forms

reprehends, reprehending, reprehended, reprehended
Base formreprehend · to reprehend
3rd person singularreprehends
Present participlereprehending
Past simplereprehended
Past participlereprehended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreprehend
he, she, itreprehends

Past simpleLesson

all personsreprehended

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reprehended
he, she, ithas reprehended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reprehend

Word family

12 related words
RelatedapprehendC2criticizeA2rebukeC2reproveB2comprehendreprehensiblereprehensionreprisereprisalreprievereprimand
Derivedunreprehended

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repositoryrepossessrepostreprehensiblerepresentA2representation
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