reprehendo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From re- +‎ prehendō (catch, grasp).

Pronunciation

Verb

reprehendō (present infinitive reprehendere, perfect active reprehendī, supine reprehēnsum); third conjugation

  1. to hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch
  2. to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore
  3. to blame, find fault with, censure, reprove, rebuke, reprehend, scold
    Synonyms: obiūrgō, castīgō, perstringō, arguō, īnsector, corripiō, accūsō, incūsō, damnō, obloquor, exprobrō, increpō, acclāmō, inclāmō, animadvertō, compellō
  4. (law) to convict, pass judgment on, prosecute, reprimand
    Synonyms: accūsō, condemnō, iūdicō, damnō
  5. (rhetoric) to refute

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References

  • reprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • reprehendo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • reprehendo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I blame this in you; I censure you for this: hoc in te reprehendo (not ob eam rem)

Portuguese

Verb

reprehendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reprehender

Spanish

Verb

reprehendo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of reprehender