Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object)
- to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.
verb
- (tr) to find fault with; criticize
mid-14c., from Latin reprehendere “blame, censure, rebuke; seize, restrain,” literally “pull back, hold back,” from re- “back” (see re-) + prehendere “to grasp, seize” (see prehensile).