Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REP-RE-HEND', v.t. [L. reprehendo; re and prehendo, to seize; Fr. reprendre.]

1. To chide; to reprove. Pardon me for reprehending thee. – Shak.
2. To blame; to censure. I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice. – Phillips.
3. To detect of fallacy. This color will be reprehended or encountered, by imputing to all excellencies in compositions a kind of poverty. [Not in use.] – Bacon.
4. To accuse; to charge with a fault; with of; as, Aristipus being reprehended of luxury. – Bacon.