Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reprehend"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Reprehend \Rep`re*hend"\ (r?p`r?-h?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprehending}.] [L.
reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame;
pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See {Prehensile},
and cf. {Reprisal}. ]
To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking,
or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove
of; to chide; to blame; to censure. --Chaucer.

Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was
not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
--Bacon.

Pardon me for reprehending thee. --Shak.

In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
. are severely reprehended. --Dryden.

I nor advise nor reprehend the choice. --J. Philips.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

reprehend
v : express strong disapproval of

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