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reprehend

/ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/

reprehend verb: to criticize, to reprove.

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Verb

reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)

  1. (transitive) To criticize, to reprove.
    • publicly reprehend
    • severely reprehend

reprehend meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

reprehend in Urdu

غلطی نکالنا

reprehend in Bengali

সমালোচনা করা, তিরস্কার করা

reprehend in Kannada

ಛೀಮಾರಿ ಮಾಡು, ತೆಗಳು, ಟೀಕಿಸು, ನಿಂದಿಸು, ಝಂಕಿಸು, ಆಕ್ಷೇಪಿಸು

Examples of reprehend in a sentence

  • reprehend misconduct
  • The teacher did not hesitate to reprehend students for cheating.
  • Critics reprehended the company for its unethical practices.

Forms of reprehend

third-person singular presentreprehends
present participlereprehending
past participlereprehended
pastreprehended

Origin of reprehend

From Latin reprehendō (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehendō (“I hold, seize”). Compare French reprendre (“to reprove”).

Words formed from reprehend

Questions about reprehend

What does reprehend mean?
Reprehend means to criticize, to reprove.
What is reprehend in Urdu?
Reprehend in Urdu is غلطی نکالنا. See Reprehend meaning in Urdu.
How do you use reprehend in a sentence?
reprehend misconduct
What part of speech is reprehend?
Reprehend is a verb.
How do you pronounce reprehend?
Reprehend is pronounced /ˌɹɛpɹəˈhɛnd/.
What is the past tense of reprehend?
The past tense of reprehend is reprehended.

Words near reprehend in the dictionary

  1. repredicted
  2. repreeve
  3. repreeved
  4. repreeves
  5. repreeving
  6. reprehend
  7. reprehendable
  8. reprehended
  9. reprehender
  10. reprehenders
  11. reprehending

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reprehend (page history and authors); reprehend (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reprehend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reprehend (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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