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.