reprehendo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch
  • I hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore
  • I blame, find fault with, censure, reprove, rebuke, reprehend, scold
  • (legal) I convict, pass judgment on, prosecute, reprimand
  • (rhetoric) I refute

Etymology

Prefix from Latin prehendō (seize, grasp, take, catch, lay hold of).

Origin

Latin

prehendō

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, lay hold of

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