"reprehend" meaning in English

See reprehend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprehend.wav [Southern-England] Forms: reprehends [present, singular, third-person], reprehending [participle, present], reprehended [participle, past], reprehended [past]
Etymology: From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}}, {{uder|en|la|reprehendo|reprehendō|I hold back, check, blame}} Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), {{m|la|re-||back}} re- (“back”), {{m|la|prehendo|prehendō|I hold, seize}} prehendō (“I hold, seize”), {{m|fr|reprendre||to reprove}} reprendre (“to reprove”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)
  1. to criticize, to reprove

Inflected forms

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