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Definition of reprehend in English: reprehendverb ˌrɛprɪˈhɛndˌrɛprəˈhɛnd [with object]Reprimand. 斥责,指责 a recklessness which cannot be too severely reprehended 再严厉斥责也不会过分的鲁莽行为。 Example sentencesExamples - Tolstoy particularly reprehended the widely held view of Dostoyevsky as a ‘prophet and saint,’ someone immersed in the conflict between Good and Evil.
- My intent is not to lecture or reprehend - surely, I have my vices and my insalubrious addictions.
- I knew my posture had been less than perfect and knowing I had not left with the others I feared he wished to reprehend me.
- Aye used to reprehend him to use his right hand when he was a little boy, but he wasn't very successful and the king always had his way.
- She was about to get careless and stroll on casually, but she was able to reprehend herself from doing so.
- Once she had upset Sophie because Sophie was playing with her dolls and making much noise and Adele tried to reprehend her.
- Sympathies are continually reshuffled, and you end up questioning all values in the play - the ones Baitz seems to uphold and the ones he appears to reprehend.
Synonyms criticize, censure, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
OriginMiddle English: from Latin reprehendere 'seize, check, rebuke', from re- (expressing intensive force) + prehendere 'seize'. Rhymesamend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, portend, rend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend Definition of reprehend in US English: reprehendverbˌrɛprəˈhɛndˌreprəˈhend [with object]Reprimand. 斥责,指责 a recklessness that cannot be too severely reprehended 再严厉斥责也不会过分的鲁莽行为。 Example sentencesExamples - She was about to get careless and stroll on casually, but she was able to reprehend herself from doing so.
- My intent is not to lecture or reprehend - surely, I have my vices and my insalubrious addictions.
- Tolstoy particularly reprehended the widely held view of Dostoyevsky as a ‘prophet and saint,’ someone immersed in the conflict between Good and Evil.
- I knew my posture had been less than perfect and knowing I had not left with the others I feared he wished to reprehend me.
- Once she had upset Sophie because Sophie was playing with her dolls and making much noise and Adele tried to reprehend her.
- Sympathies are continually reshuffled, and you end up questioning all values in the play - the ones Baitz seems to uphold and the ones he appears to reprehend.
- Aye used to reprehend him to use his right hand when he was a little boy, but he wasn't very successful and the king always had his way.
Synonyms criticize, censure, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambaste, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse
OriginMiddle English: from Latin reprehendere ‘seize, check, rebuke’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + prehendere ‘seize’. |