reprehend
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Powell had even gone so far as to reprehend him for having done so.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
Only, I observe, that the great censors of wit and poetry, either produce nothing of their own, or what is more ridiculous than any thing they reprehend.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
Besides, they belong to the service of the Muse; and so the other servant of the Muse, the Satirist, as the superintendent of the household, may reasonably reprehend or commend them.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
They kindly, but strongly, reprehend the first error, and guard them by the most prudent admonitions against a repetition of their fault.
