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reprehend

[rep-ri-hend] / ˌrɛp rɪˈhɛnd /


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Why did he not clear himself in this,—how the whole church, men, women, children and all, did doctrinally reprehend him?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

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 John Bartlett

In submitting to your view the conduct of the troops under my command on this occasion, I find every thing to applaud, nothing to reprehend.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart

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 Richard Brinsley Sheridan

In cases where a man takes the liberty after this manner to reprehend others, it is commonly said, "Let him look at home."

From The Tatler, Volume 3 by Various

Herein he goes beyond the bounds of knowledge, and indulges in the very dogmatism for which he reprehends the materialist.

From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote

Hence Pope Julius I reprehends some who "keep throughout the year a linen cloth steeped in must, and at the time of sacrifice wash a part of it with water, and so make the offering."

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Each is invited in a separate stanza in which the poet reprehends the failings of the several potentates.

From The Troubadours by H.J. Chaytor

There, this dæmon reprehends it, if it has acted on any false pretence; solemnly confirms what it says, if it asserts anything that is true; and conformably to its testimony passes sentence.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Aubrey Stewart

Gregory himself reprehends the patriarch Eulogius for giving him in the superscription of his letter the title "universal Pope".

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

Ernesto, 91, was famously reprehended in public by Pope John Paul during a visit to Nicaragua in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2016

Yet that is what a crowd did at St. Louis last week and, curiously enough, its indecorum was too inevitable to be reprehended.

From Time Magazine Archive

They would be reprehended while they are looked on.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

It was demanded, what could be reprehended in it?

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing

In his sermons he most severely reprehended the Indians for their barbarities to captives.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond

Judith noted the other players not at all; her hot reprehending eyes were on the girl in the blue dress.

From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan

R arrogated to himself the right of reprehending every one who differed from him.

From Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 by Various

This is very true, and we join with the Advertiser in reprehending the course pursued by the President toward the Cherokees.

From Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by William Apess

If he read with care and reflection of the death of a leading citizen, he pursued the same course with regard to the reprehending of a relatively harmless vagabond.

From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield

He sent for Harrison and Craye, reprehending them very gently for the tone they had adopted to a repentant sinner, and when they returned to their study, they used the language of despair.

From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling


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