reprehend

Reprehend is defined as to blame or strongly judge a person or action.

(verb)

An example of reprehend is deciding that a specific child threw a ball through your window.

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See reprehend in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

  1. to reprimand or rebuke (a person)
  2. to find fault with (something done); censure

Origin: ME reprehenden < L reprehendere < re-, back + prehendere: see prehensile

See reprehend in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb rep·re·hend·ed, rep·re·hend·ing, rep·re·hends
To reprove; censure. See Synonyms at criticize.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English reprehenden

Origin: , from Latin reprehendere

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + prehendere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots

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