reprehend

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To reprehend well is the most necessary and the hardest part of friendship.

From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander

They were felt to be in character by the older officers; and, while obliged to reprehend, I doubt whether some of them would not have more enjoyed taking a share.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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

In the present case we by no means reprehend the avoidance of issues that we have described; we merely record it.

From The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind by Nathan, George Jean

A letter of Rev. Andrew Eliot is still in existence referring to this presentation, and severely did he reprehend it.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse