Rĕp're-hĕnd', v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPREHENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPREHENDING.] [Lat. reprehendere, to check, to blame, from re, again, back, and prehendere, to lay hold of; Pr. reprehendre, reprendre, Fr. reprendre, Pg. reprehender, Sp. reprehender, reprendre, It. riprendere.]
Sense 1. To seize again for the purpose of censuring or blaming; hence, to accuse; to charge; to chide; to reprove;—formerly, sometimes with of. “Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was not rich.” Bacon.
Pardon me for reprehending thee. Shak.
I not advise nor reprehend the choice. Philips.
Sense 2. To detect of fallacy. [Obs.]
This color will be reprehended or encountered by imputing to all excellences in compositions a kind of poverty. Bacon.