reprehend

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And no Man, whether Foe or Friend, Your sorry Match can reprehend.

From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster

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

They kindly, but strongly, reprehend the first error, and guard them by the most prudent admonitions against a repetition of their fault.

From A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Scott, Sarah

When a man of seventy married a girl of twenty-five Calvin said it was the pastor's duty to reprehend them.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

One of them only, he quotes to reprehend: “Ita amicum habeas, posse ut fieri inimicum putes.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John