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reprehensory

reprehensory adjective: containing reproof; reprehensive.

Adjective

reprehensory (comparative more reprehensory, superlative most reprehensory)

  1. Containing reproof; reprehensive.
    • I haue spoken of the Text as it is Reprehensory ; I will now speake of it , as it is Consolatory , to the women seeking Christ1619, Peter Lilie, Two Sermons

Synonyms of reprehensory

All synonyms of reprehensory

Forms of reprehensory

comparativemore reprehensory
superlativemost reprehensory

Questions about reprehensory

What does reprehensory mean?
Reprehensory means containing reproof; reprehensive.
What part of speech is reprehensory?
Reprehensory is an adjective.

Words near reprehensory in the dictionary

  1. reprehensibly
  2. reprehension
  3. reprehensions
  4. reprehensive
  5. reprehensively
  6. reprehensory
  7. repreparation
  8. repreparations
  9. reprepare
  10. reprepared
  11. reprepares

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