reprehendv.

Brit.

/ˌrɛprᵻˈhɛnd/, U.S.

/ˌrɛprəˈhɛnd/

Forms: Middle English–1500s reprehende, Middle English– reprehend; also Scottish pre-1700 reprehend.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reprehendere.

Etymology: < classical Latin reprehendere to hold back, to retrieve, to censure, to find fault with, to rebuke, to refute < re- re- prefix + prehendere prehend v. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French reprendre to correct, to criticize, reprove, to apprehend, detain, catch (12th cent.), specific senses of reprendre to take back, etc. (see reprise v.). Compare apprehend v., comprehend v., and also reprehensible adj., reprehension n. Compare also reprise v. II., repreyn v.

a. transitive. To rebuke, reprimand, or reprove (a person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]

threac897

threapc897

begripea1000

threata1000

castea1200

chaste?c1225

takec1275

blame1297

chastya1300

sniba1300

withnima1315

undernima1325

rebukec1330

snuba1340

withtakea1340

reprovec1350

chastisea1375

arate1377

challenge1377

undertake1377

reprehenda1382

repreync1390

runta1398

snapea1400

underfoc1400

to call to account1434

to put downc1440

snebc1440

uptakec1440

correptc1449

reformc1450

reprise?c1450

to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450

control1451

redarguec1475

berisp1481

to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522

checkc1530

admonish1541

nip1548

twig?1550

impreve1552

lesson1555

to take down1562

to haul (a person) over the coals1565

increpate1570

touch1570

school1573

to gather up1577

task1580

redarguate?1590

expostulate1592

tutor1599

sauce1601

snip1601

sneap1611

to take in tax1635

to sharp up1647

round1653

threapen1671

reprimand1681

to take to task1682

document1690

chapter1693

repulse1746

twink1747

to speak to ——1753

haul1795

to pull up1799

carpet1840

rig1841

to talk to1860

to take (a person) to the woodshed1882

rawhide1895

to tell off1897

to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900

to get on ——1904

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

strafe1915

tick1915

woodshed1935

to slap (a person) down1938

sort1941

bind1942

bottle1946

mat1948

ream1950

zap1961

elder1967

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ix. l. 63 I dampne not, I reprehende [c1425 L.V. Sion Coll. London repreue; L. reprehendo] not þe seuenty.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 It semeth that thou oughte not in no wyse to reprehende me.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 46 (MED) Thou shalt rest swetly if þyn herte reprehende þe not.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 687/1 He reprehended me afore al the companye.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 367 Cortes hearing their odious request reprehended them.

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 267 For which fact he was bold to reprehend his holinesse sharpely.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 123 Yet was their Assembly judged Unlawfull, and the Magistrate reprehended them for it.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 286 They..reprehended him very sharply if he smiled on those days.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxvi. 156 I severely reprehend him on this occasion.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 69/1 If..I am unjust in a single tittle, reprehend me instantly.

1898 A. M. Earle Home Life in Colonial Days (1900) xiv. 354 Parson Thatcher was accused and reprehended in 1675 for making visits with a coach and four.

1919 G. Bradford Let. 27 Nov. (1934) 14 You may reprehend him, discern his mistakes and indicate them, and devoutly wish him otherwise: you cannot hate him.

1948 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 4 174 Neither of these men..was reprehended after the victory because he won without the full panoply of war.

1999 M. Winfield Smiling Water xxii. 86 He was happier staying in than going out to play, and being reprehended had no effect on him.

b. transitive. To find fault with (conduct, an action, a belief, etc.); to censure, condemn.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)]

reprehendc1400

murmur1424

discommenda1500

belack1531

to find fault (with, at)c1540

scan?c1550

fault1563

pinch1567

to lift or move a lip1579

raign1581

reflect1605

criminate1645

criticize1652

nick1668

critic1697

chop1712

stricture1851

to get on to ——1895

chip1898

rap1899

nitpick1956

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn

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convictc1366

reprovea1382

damnc1386

condemna1400

deema1400

saya1400

judgec1400

reprehendc1400

reproacha1475

reprobate?a1475

arguec1475

controlc1525

twit1543

perstringe1549

tax1569

traduce1581

carp1591

censure1605

convince?1606

syndic1609

syndicate1610

to check at1642

reprimand1660

impeach1813

to stroke over1822

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 9 (MED) He worschipeþ Holy Writ and reprehendeþ noþyng þat he vnderstondeþ noght.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 201 (MED) Þe sixte maner of consence..is whanne a man leeviþ to reprehende an opyn synne.

c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 2 Therfore I pray that no man Reprehende This lytyl Book.

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 120 Lewdely your tyme ye spende, My lyuyng to reprehende.

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aiii^v It is an harde thing..For a foolishe man to haue his maners reprehended.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 6 This doctrine reprehendeth a common error in the world.

1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job v. 9 It is extreme folly to reprehend what we cannot comprehend.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 78 I nor advise, nor reprehend the Choice.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 203 I had..much to reprehend, and much to wish changed, in many of the old tenures.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiv. 243 I..most strongly reprehend any man's departure from his word.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood vii. 313 With a haste and recklessness which cannot be too severely reprehended.

1920 A. Henderson Conquest Old Southwest iv. 55 Boone continued to censure Braddock's conduct, and reprehended especially his fatal neglect to employ strong flank-guards.

1961 R. J. Kaufmann Richard Brome i. 10 There is some unanimity as to what is approved and what reprehended.

2003 M. H. Kramer Quality of Freedom v. 466 My partly evaluative approach does not run afoul of the errors which Carter reprehends in other evaluative approaches.

c. intransitive. To express disapproval or condemnation of someone or something; to deliver a reprimand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)]

reprovec1330

sniba1400

reprehend?a1439

expostulate1574

to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584

give it1594

reprimand1681

to pin a person's ears back1861

yell1886

to jump down a person's throat1916

to chew (a person's) ass1946

to slap (a person) down1960

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. 3626 Wo afftir merthe, next ioie aduersite, So entermedlid ther is no seurete, Lik as this book doth preise and reprehende.

1570 L. Tomson Answere Assertions Fecknam i. f. 31^v He whiche is deliuered hath to giue thankes, he which is condemned hath not to reprehend.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream Epil. 7 Gentles, doe not reprehend. If you pardon, wee will mend.

c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) To Ld. Clifford 27 To reprehend In sharpe-fang'd Satyres, is to libellize, To raise vile slaunders, and false infamies.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. vii. 50 As if it were in a Prince a sign of Candor, (and not rather of a mean and abject Spirit) not to be able to deny, contradict, reprehend, or correct without a Blush.

1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. x. 80 Physiognomy..whispers to the heart when it is necessary to speak, when to be silent; when to forewarn, when to excite; when to console, and when to reprehend.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxx. 426 They who began by reprehending, will finish by applauding.

1897 Science 5 Mar. 370/2 He knew how to say ‘no’, and said it as often as any other, and would reprehend where occasion called.

1932 Hispania 15 248 He is presented as ready to indulge or reprehend—this last without excessive severity—as circumstances require.

1957 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 70 235 As critics we may build on his work and reprehend as forcibly as we wish.

2001 A. J. Minnis Magister Amoris ii. 93 The Persius commentary attributed to Remigius of Auxerre speaks of the indignation, shock, and urge to reprehend which motivated Persius' outburst.

†2. transitive. Originally Scottish. To seize or arrest (a person); = apprehend v. 2. Obsolete.In later quots. a deliberate error for apprehend in (humorous) representations of uneducated speech.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (a person) in wrongdoing or predicament

finda1200

overtakea1325

takec1330

oftakea1382

overgoa1400

deprehenda1535

reprehend1538

to find out1545

surprise?1592

nail1766

pawl1859

bust1960

1538 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 156 It selbe lesum to quhatsumever nychtbour that reprehendis the layaris of the said fulze to tak the veschell..quhill thai be punyst.

?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 51 in Camden Misc. (1847) I A page comynge into the King's quarter with a letter from Villiers to some men aboute the King, was reprehended, and he ymmediatly put the letters into his mouth to have eaten them.

1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. viii. 28 Paeg. That's he, I charge you apprehend the villain. 1. Offic. Villain, we reprehend thee.

1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. vii. 29 Constable. Friends, reprehend him, reprehend him there. [They seize the Sergeant.]

1752 G. A. Stevens Distress upon Distress ii. 90 An please your Honour's Worship, Mr Constable, I have reprehended an suspicious Fellow.

†3. transitive. To prove something to be false, refute. Cf. reprehension n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]

answerOE

bitavelena1225

allayc1275

confoundc1384

concludea1400

conclusea1400

forblenda1400

gainsaya1400

rejag1402

to bear downc1405

redarguea1425

repugn?a1425

reverse?c1430

improvec1443

reprovea1513

dissolve1529

revince1529

convince1530

confute1533

refel1534

refute1545

void1570

evict1583

infringe1590

reprehend1597

revert1598

evince1608

repel1613

to take off1618

unbubblea1640

invalid1643

invalidate1649

remove1652

retund1653

effronta1657

dispute1659

unreason1661

have1680

demolish1691

to blow sky-high1819

1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 19, in Ess. But that denieth the supposition, it doth not reprehend the fallax.

1642 tr. W. Ames Marrow Sacred Divinity ii. x. 295 An Oath of a Christian man given concerning his innocency, which cannot be reprehended by any certaine arguments, ought to put an end to controversies pertaining thereto.

†4. transitive. To represent. Obsolete. rare.Attested only in a humorous representation of uneducated speech.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)]

spelec960

representc1390

to bear the person of?1533

reprehend1598

act1651

personate1651

rep1951

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)]

at-holda1230

attacha1325

resta1325

takec1330

arrest1393

restay?a1400

tachec1400

seisinc1425

to take upa1438

stowc1450

seize1471

to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515

deprehend1532

apprehend1548

nipa1566

upsnatcha1566

finger1572

to make stay of1572

embarge1585

cap1590

reprehend1598

prehenda1605

embar1647

nap1665

nab1686

bone1699

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do1784

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to pull up1799

grab1800

nick1806

pull1811

hobble1819

nail1823

nipper1823

bag1824

lag1847

tap1859

snaffle1860

to put the collar on1865

copper1872

to take in1878

lumber1882

to pick up1887

to pull in1893

lift1923

drag1924

to knock off1926

to put the sleeve on1930

bust1940

pop1960

vamp1970

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 181 Const. I my selfe reprehend his owne person, for I am his graces Farborough [1623 Tharborough, i.e. thirdborough] .

Derivatives

repreˈhending n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun]

telingeOE

chastiment?c1225

snapinga1300

snibbinga1300

reproving?1316

undernimminga1325

correctiona1340

threapening1340

admonishingc1350

reproofa1375

scourgingc1374

correptionc1380

repreyningc1390

reprehensiona1413

undertakingc1430

rebuke?a1439

admonition1440

correptingc1449

rebut?c1450

reprehendingc1450

redargution1483

reproval1493

increpation1502

prisec1540

tasking1543

check1588

improof1590

snubbing1600

threap1636

compellation1656

reprovement1675

reprimanding1698

rowing1812

lecturing1861

carpeting1888

eldering1912

woodshedding1940

stick1956

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > rebuking or reproving

reprovinga1382

rebukinga1500

checkful1548

checking1548

reprehending1611

increpatory1645

reprimanding1701

schooling1753

lecturing1797

reprehendatory1818

snubbish1840

rebukeful1861

c1450 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 34 Wordes that bytokenyth..reprehendyng or vndernymynge..wyll constrew wt genityf case.

1559 J. Heywood in tr. Seneca Troas Ep. Ded. The authoritie of your graces fauour towarde thys my little worke, may be to..shielde against the sting of reprehending tongues.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 68/2 The cause of whose martirdome was the reprehending of Idolatrie.

1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) Epil. 68 Such a kinde of subiect, as is..fitting to be roughly rubbed with a reprehending veritie.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 60 To shun reprehending of Master workmen openly.

1896 N. Gale Songs for Little People 82 At parting we God-speed them with no reprehending word.

1915 Mod. Philol. 13 198 Some exaggerated reprehending of Cooper for his falsely supposed dislike of the French.

2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 21/1 One wonders what Larkin the librarian would have made of it. Would he have been flattered, amused, reprehending?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reprehend
释义	reprehendv. Brit. /ˌrɛprᵻˈhɛnd/, U.S. /ˌrɛprəˈhɛnd/ Forms: Middle English–1500s reprehende, Middle English– reprehend; also Scottish pre-1700 reprehend. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin reprehendere. Etymology: < classical Latin reprehendere to hold back, to retrieve, to censure, to find fault with, to rebuke, to refute < re- re- prefix + prehendere prehend v. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French reprendre to correct, to criticize, reprove, to apprehend, detain, catch (12th cent.), specific senses of reprendre to take back, etc. (see reprise v.). Compare apprehend v., comprehend v., and also reprehensible adj., reprehension n. Compare also reprise v. II., repreyn v. 1. a. transitive. To rebuke, reprimand, or reprove (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ix. l. 63 I dampne not, I reprehende [c1425 L.V. Sion Coll. London repreue; L. reprehendo] not þe seuenty. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 It semeth that thou oughte not in no wyse to reprehende me. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 46 (MED) Thou shalt rest swetly if þyn herte reprehende þe not. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 687/1 He reprehended me afore al the companye. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 367 Cortes hearing their odious request reprehended them. 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 267 For which fact he was bold to reprehend his holinesse sharpely. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 123 Yet was their Assembly judged Unlawfull, and the Magistrate reprehended them for it. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 286 They..reprehended him very sharply if he smiled on those days. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxvi. 156 I severely reprehend him on this occasion. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 69/1 If..I am unjust in a single tittle, reprehend me instantly. 1898 A. M. Earle Home Life in Colonial Days (1900) xiv. 354 Parson Thatcher was accused and reprehended in 1675 for making visits with a coach and four. 1919 G. Bradford Let. 27 Nov. (1934) 14 You may reprehend him, discern his mistakes and indicate them, and devoutly wish him otherwise: you cannot hate him. 1948 Dumbarton Oaks Papers 4 174 Neither of these men..was reprehended after the victory because he won without the full panoply of war. 1999 M. Winfield Smiling Water xxii. 86 He was happier staying in than going out to play, and being reprehended had no effect on him. b. transitive. To find fault with (conduct, an action, a belief, etc.); to censure, condemn. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 9 (MED) He worschipeþ Holy Writ and reprehendeþ noþyng þat he vnderstondeþ noght. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 201 (MED) Þe sixte maner of consence..is whanne a man leeviþ to reprehende an opyn synne. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 2 Therfore I pray that no man Reprehende This lytyl Book. a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 120 Lewdely your tyme ye spende, My lyuyng to reprehende. 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Aiii^v It is an harde thing..For a foolishe man to haue his maners reprehended. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 6 This doctrine reprehendeth a common error in the world. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job v. 9 It is extreme folly to reprehend what we cannot comprehend. 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 78 I nor advise, nor reprehend the Choice. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 203 I had..much to reprehend, and much to wish changed, in many of the old tenures. View more context for this quotation 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiv. 243 I..most strongly reprehend any man's departure from his word. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood vii. 313 With a haste and recklessness which cannot be too severely reprehended. 1920 A. Henderson Conquest Old Southwest iv. 55 Boone continued to censure Braddock's conduct, and reprehended especially his fatal neglect to employ strong flank-guards. 1961 R. J. Kaufmann Richard Brome i. 10 There is some unanimity as to what is approved and what reprehended. 2003 M. H. Kramer Quality of Freedom v. 466 My partly evaluative approach does not run afoul of the errors which Carter reprehends in other evaluative approaches. c. intransitive. To express disapproval or condemnation of someone or something; to deliver a reprimand. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] reprovec1330 sniba1400 reprehend?a1439 expostulate1574 to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584 give it1594 reprimand1681 to pin a person's ears back1861 yell1886 to jump down a person's throat1916 to chew (a person's) ass1946 to slap (a person) down1960 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. 3626 Wo afftir merthe, next ioie aduersite, So entermedlid ther is no seurete, Lik as this book doth preise and reprehende. 1570 L. Tomson Answere Assertions Fecknam i. f. 31^v He whiche is deliuered hath to giue thankes, he which is condemned hath not to reprehend. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream Epil. 7 Gentles, doe not reprehend. If you pardon, wee will mend. View more context for this quotation c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) To Ld. Clifford 27 To reprehend In sharpe-fang'd Satyres, is to libellize, To raise vile slaunders, and false infamies. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. vii. 50 As if it were in a Prince a sign of Candor, (and not rather of a mean and abject Spirit) not to be able to deny, contradict, reprehend, or correct without a Blush. 1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. x. 80 Physiognomy..whispers to the heart when it is necessary to speak, when to be silent; when to forewarn, when to excite; when to console, and when to reprehend. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxx. 426 They who began by reprehending, will finish by applauding. 1897 Science 5 Mar. 370/2 He knew how to say ‘no’, and said it as often as any other, and would reprehend where occasion called. 1932 Hispania 15 248 He is presented as ready to indulge or reprehend—this last without excessive severity—as circumstances require. 1957 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 70 235 As critics we may build on his work and reprehend as forcibly as we wish. 2001 A. J. Minnis Magister Amoris ii. 93 The Persius commentary attributed to Remigius of Auxerre speaks of the indignation, shock, and urge to reprehend which motivated Persius' outburst. †2. transitive. Originally Scottish. To seize or arrest (a person); = apprehend v. 2. Obsolete.In later quots. a deliberate error for apprehend in (humorous) representations of uneducated speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect (a person) in wrongdoing or predicament finda1200 overtakea1325 takec1330 oftakea1382 overgoa1400 deprehenda1535 reprehend1538 to find out1545 surprise?1592 nail1766 pawl1859 bust1960 1538 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 156 It selbe lesum to quhatsumever nychtbour that reprehendis the layaris of the said fulze to tak the veschell..quhill thai be punyst. ?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 51 in Camden Misc. (1847) I A page comynge into the King's quarter with a letter from Villiers to some men aboute the King, was reprehended, and he ymmediatly put the letters into his mouth to have eaten them. 1632 T. Randolph Jealous Lovers ii. viii. 28 Paeg. That's he, I charge you apprehend the villain. 1. Offic. Villain, we reprehend thee. 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. vii. 29 Constable. Friends, reprehend him, reprehend him there. [They seize the Sergeant.] 1752 G. A. Stevens Distress upon Distress ii. 90 An please your Honour's Worship, Mr Constable, I have reprehended an suspicious Fellow. †3. transitive. To prove something to be false, refute. Cf. reprehension n. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] answerOE bitavelena1225 allayc1275 confoundc1384 concludea1400 conclusea1400 forblenda1400 gainsaya1400 rejag1402 to bear downc1405 redarguea1425 repugn?a1425 reverse?c1430 improvec1443 reprovea1513 dissolve1529 revince1529 convince1530 confute1533 refel1534 refute1545 void1570 evict1583 infringe1590 reprehend1597 revert1598 evince1608 repel1613 to take off1618 unbubblea1640 invalid1643 invalidate1649 remove1652 retund1653 effronta1657 dispute1659 unreason1661 have1680 demolish1691 to blow sky-high1819 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill f. 19, in Ess. But that denieth the supposition, it doth not reprehend the fallax. 1642 tr. W. Ames Marrow Sacred Divinity ii. x. 295 An Oath of a Christian man given concerning his innocency, which cannot be reprehended by any certaine arguments, ought to put an end to controversies pertaining thereto. †4. transitive. To represent. Obsolete. rare.Attested only in a humorous representation of uneducated speech. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] spelec960 representc1390 to bear the person of?1533 reprehend1598 act1651 personate1651 rep1951 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 181 Const. I my selfe reprehend his owne person, for I am his graces Farborough [1623 Tharborough, i.e. thirdborough] . View more context for this quotation Derivatives repreˈhending n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] telingeOE chastiment?c1225 snapinga1300 snibbinga1300 reproving?1316 undernimminga1325 correctiona1340 threapening1340 admonishingc1350 reproofa1375 scourgingc1374 correptionc1380 repreyningc1390 reprehensiona1413 undertakingc1430 rebuke?a1439 admonition1440 correptingc1449 rebut?c1450 reprehendingc1450 redargution1483 reproval1493 increpation1502 prisec1540 tasking1543 check1588 improof1590 snubbing1600 threap1636 compellation1656 reprovement1675 reprimanding1698 rowing1812 lecturing1861 carpeting1888 eldering1912 woodshedding1940 stick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > rebuking or reproving reprovinga1382 rebukinga1500 checkful1548 checking1548 reprehending1611 increpatory1645 reprimanding1701 schooling1753 lecturing1797 reprehendatory1818 snubbish1840 rebukeful1861 c1450 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 34 Wordes that bytokenyth..reprehendyng or vndernymynge..wyll constrew wt genityf case. 1559 J. Heywood in tr. Seneca Troas Ep. Ded. The authoritie of your graces fauour towarde thys my little worke, may be to..shielde against the sting of reprehending tongues. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 68/2 The cause of whose martirdome was the reprehending of Idolatrie. 1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1844) Epil. 68 Such a kinde of subiect, as is..fitting to be roughly rubbed with a reprehending veritie. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 60 To shun reprehending of Master workmen openly. 1896 N. Gale Songs for Little People 82 At parting we God-speed them with no reprehending word. 1915 Mod. Philol. 13 198 Some exaggerated reprehending of Cooper for his falsely supposed dislike of the French. 2006 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Feb. 21/1 One wonders what Larkin the librarian would have made of it. Would he have been flattered, amused, reprehending? 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