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reprehensory, a.|rɛprɪˈhɛnsərɪ|
[See prec. and -ory.]
Reprehensive. Now rare.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 21 Commendatorie, Monitorie or Reprehensorie. a1614P. Lilie Two Serm. (1619) 56 The words, then, of the angell were not onely reprehensory but consolatory. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 272 If by mischance..their forwardness in solicitation procure a reprehensory check. 1780Johnson Let. 21 Aug., There is no reason for making any reprehensory complaint. 1825Culbertson Lect. Revel. xix. 249 The evils specified in the reprehensory part of this epistle. |