REPREHENDER
REPREHEND'ER, noun One that reprehends; one that blames or reproves.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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REPREHENDING
REPREHEND'ING, participle present tense Reproving; blaming.
REPREHENSIBLE
REPREHEN'SIBLE, adjective [Latin reprehensus.]Blamable; culpable; censurable; deserving reproof; applied to persons or things; as a reprehensible person; reprehensible conduct.
REPREHENSIBLENESS
REPREHEN'SIBLENESS, noun Blamableness; culpableness.
REPREHENSIBLY
REPREHEN'SIBLY, adverb Culpably; in a manner to deserve censure or reproof.
REPREHENSION
REPREHEN'SION, noun [Latin reprehensio.]Reproof; censure; open blame. Faults not punishable, may deserve reprehension
REPREHENSIVE
REPREHEN'SIVE, adjective Containing reproof.
REPREHENSORY
REPREHEN'SORY, adjective Containing reproof.
REPRESENT
REPRESENT', verb transitive s as z. [Latin repraesento; re and Low Latin praesenter, from praesens, present.]1. To show or exhibit by resemblance.Before him burn seven lamps, as...
REPRESENTANCE
REPRESENT'ANCE, noun Representation; likeness. [Not used.]
REPRESENTANT
REPRESENT'ANT, noun A representative. [Not in use.]
REPRESENTATION
REPRESENTA'TION, noun1. The act of representing, describing or showing.2. That which exhibits by resemblance; image, likeness, picture or statue; as representations of God.3. An...
REPRESENTATIVE
REPRESENT'ATIVE, adjective1. Exhibiting a similitude.They own the legal sacrifices, though representative to be proper and real.2. Bearing the character or power of another; as ...
REPRESENTATIVELY
REPRESENT'ATIVELY, adverb1. In the character of another; by a representative.2. By substitution; by delegation of power.
REPRESENTATIVENESS
REPRESENT'ATIVENESS, noun The state or quality of being representative.Dr. Burnet observes that every thought is attended with consciousness and representativeness
REPRESENTED
REPRESENT'ED, participle passive Shown; exhibited; personated; described; stated; having substitutes.
REPRESENTER
REPRESENT'ER, noun1. One who shows, exhibits or describes.2. A representative; one that acts by deputation. [Little used.]
REPRESENTING
REPRESENT'ING, participle present tense Showing; exhibiting; describing; acting in another's character; acting in the place of another.
REPRESENTMENT
REPRESENT'MENT, noun Representation; image; an idea proposed as exhibiting the likeness of something.
REPRESS
REPRESS', verb transitive [Latin repressus, reprimo; re and premo, to press.]1. To crush; to quell; to put down; to subdue; to suppress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to...
REPRESSED
REPRESS'ED, participle passive Crushed; subdued.
REPRESSER
REPRESS'ER, noun One that crushes or subdues.
REPRESSING
REPRESS'ING, participle present tense Crushing; subduing; checking.
REPRESSION
REPRES'SION, noun1. The act of subduing; as the repression of tumults.2. Check; restraint.
REPRESSIVE
REPRESS'IVE, adjective Having power to crush; tending to subdue or restrain.
REPRIEVAL
REPRIE'VAL, noun Respit; reprieve. [Not in use.]
REPRIEVE
REPRIE'VE, verb transitive [I know not the origin of this word.]1. To respit after sentence of death; to suspend or delay the execution of for a time; as, to reprieve a criminal...