reprehend

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So much for the legend: and I must reprehend you for one tiny bit of Cockney about Memory’s rosary at the end of your article, which, but for that, I liked so much.

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

Now, then, look at my neck and see if it is fatter than your master’s, and if you can justly reprehend me.”

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles

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

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 Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

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