Definitions for reprehend
ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛndrep·re·hend

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reprehendverb

   express strong disapproval of

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reprehendverb

   to criticize, to reprove

2. Etymology: From reprehendere, from re- + prehendere. Confer French reprendre.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To REPREHENDverb

   Etymology: reprehendo, Lat.

   1. To reprove; to chide.

   All as before his sight, whose presence to offend with any the least unseemliness, we would be surely as loth as they, who most reprehend or deride that we do. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 29.

   Pardon me for reprehending thee,
   For thou hast done a charitable deed. William Shakespeare.

   They, like dumb statues star’d;
   Which, when I saw, I reprehended them;
   And ask’d the mayor, what meant this wilful silence? Sha.

   2. To blame; to censure.

   I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice
   Of Marcley-hill. Phillips.

   Friends reprehend him, reprehend him there:
   For what? for stealing Gaffer Gap’s gray mare. John Gay.

   3. To detect of fallacy.

   This colour will be reprehended or encountered, by imputing to all excellencies in compositions a kind of poverty. Francis Bacon.

   4. To charge with as a fault. With of before the crime.

   Aristippus, being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish, answered, why, what would you have given? the other said, some twelve pence: Aristippus said again, and six crowns is no more with me. Francis Bacon, Apopthegms.

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1. reprehend

   To reprehend means to express disapproval, criticism, or condemnation of someone's actions or behavior. It involves a strong feeling of disapproval or dissatisfaction that results from wrongdoing or a mistake. This term can often be used synonymously with admonish, rebuke, or reprimand.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reprehendverb

   to reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure

2. Etymology: [L. reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame; pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See Prehensile, and cf. Reprisal. ]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reprehend

   rep-rē-hend′, v.t. to blame: to reprove.—n. Reprehen′der.—adj. Reprehen′sible, worthy of being reprehended or blamed.—n. Reprehen′sibleness.—adv. Reprehen′sibly, culpably.—n. Reprehen′sion, reproof: censure.—adj. Reprehen′sive, containing reproof: given in reproof.—adv. Reprehen′sively.—adj. Reprehen′sory. [O. Fr.,—L. reprehendĕre, -hensum—re-, inten., prehendĕre, to lay hold of.]

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1. • Criticize

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reprehend in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reprehend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reprehend
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reprehend
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=reprehend
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprehend
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=reprehend