Reprehend Definition

rĕprĭ-hĕnd
reprehends
verb
To reprimand or rebuke (a person)
Webster's New World
To find fault with (something done); censure.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary

Origin of Reprehend

  • From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame"), from re- (“back") + prehendō (“I hold, seize"). Confer French reprendre (“to reprove").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English reprehenden from Latin reprehendere re- re- prehendere to seize ghend- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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