reprehend

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Let none rebuke me then, none reprehend, If love so great to madness driveth me!

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

They were felt to be in character by the older officers; and, while obliged to reprehend, I doubt whether some of them would not have more enjoyed taking a share.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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

A man makes his conscience dumb by the very sins that require a conscience trumpet-tongued to reprehend them.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

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