reprehending

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.
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         Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was
         not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
                                                  --Bacon.
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         Pardon me for reprehending thee.         --Shak.
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         In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
         . are severely reprehended.              --Dryden.
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         I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.   --J. Philips.
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