reprehend
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From Latin reprehendere (“to hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendere (“to hold, seize”). Confer French reprendre (“to reprove”).
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reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)
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- See also Wikisaurus:reprehend
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[edit] External links
- reprehend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- reprehend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
