reprehend

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Besides, they belong to the service of the Muse; and so the other servant of the Muse, the Satirist, as the superintendent of the household, may reasonably reprehend or commend them.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

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

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

Powell had even gone so far as to reprehend him for having done so.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

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