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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1538, 1596, 1648
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Reprehend, v. [ME and e.m.E. reprehende(n (Rolle), L. reprehendere, f. re- and prehendere to seize. Cf. Reprend v.] tr.
1. To censure, find fault with, rebuke a. an action, doctrine, etc., b. a person.a. 1490 Irland Mir. II 107/3.
As we se that the philosophouris … reprehendis and reprovis ane of thame vthir thar sawis and opinioun as fals 1533 Boece 615b.
Be quhilkis he extollit him self and reprehendit thair doingis 1596 Dalr. I 238/21.
Pape Honorie … rigorouslie reprehendet that falte of hisb. 1596 Dalr. I 197/22.
Victorie … reprehendes thame scharplie that thay did nocht applie thame selfes better vnto the maneris of the Romanes 1648 Elgin Rec. II 261.
Alexander Malice was reprehended for reseting Michall Urquhart the kard, he being excommunicat
2. To take (a person) in wrong-doing; to ‘catch’.? Erron. for Apprehend v. 2.1538 Aberd. B. Rec. I 156.
It selbe lesum to quhatsumeuer nychtbour that reprehendis the layaris of the said fulȝe in the place forsayd to tak the veschell … quhill thai be punyst
