\Rep`re*hend"\ (r?p`r?-h?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Reprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reprehending}.] [L.
reprehendere, reprehensum, to hold back, seize, check, blame;
pref. re- re- + prehendere to lay hold of. See {Prehensile},
and cf. {Reprisal}. ]
To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking,
or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove
of; to chide; to blame; to censure. --Chaucer.
      Aristippus being reprehended of luxury by one that was
      not rich, for that he gave six crowns for a small fish.
                                               --Bacon.
      Pardon me for reprehending thee.         --Shak.
      In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . .
      . are severely reprehended.              --Dryden.
      I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.   --J. Philips.