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reprehend

rep·re·hend [ rèppri hénd ] (past and past participle rep·re·hend·ed, present participle rep·re·hend·ing, 3rd person present singular rep·re·hends)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
censure somebody or something: to criticize or reprove somebody or something

[14th century. < Latin reprehendere "seize again" < prehendere "seize"]

rep·re·hend·a·ble adjective
rep·re·hen·der noun
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