Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PROACH, v.t. [Fr. reprocher; It. rimprocciare; from the same root as approach, and Fr. proche, near, L. prox, in proximus, from a root in Class Brg, signifying to thrust or drive; probably ברך.]

1. To censure in terms of opprobrium or contempt. Mezemius with his ardor warm'd / His fainting friends, reproach'd their shameful flight, / Repell'd the victors. – Dryden.
2. To charge with a fault in severe language. That shame / There sit not, and reproach us as unclean. – Milton.
3. To upbraid; to suggest blame for any thing. A man's conscience will reproach him for a criminal, mean or unworthy action.
4. To treat with scorn or contempt. – Luke vi.