reprehend
Example Sentences
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What a man saith well is not, however, to be rejected because he hath some errors; reprehend who will, in God’s name, that is, with sweetness and without reproach.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
And yet I cannot reprehend the flight, Or blame th'attempt, presuming so to soar; The mounting venture for a high delight Did make the honour of the fall the more.
From Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana by Crow, Martha Foote
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
Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!
From The Rivals A Comedy by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
They kindly, but strongly, reprehend the first error, and guard them by the most prudent admonitions against a repetition of their fault.
