reprehend

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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

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

Even my protector—he who has sworn before God and man;—but you, Louisa, will reprehend my indiscreet expressions.

From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana

I reprehend you for having forgotten, that, in proportion as you had rendered yourself formidable to our enemies, you should have been guarded and temperate in your deportment towards your fellow-citizens.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

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 Bartlett, John