Middle English Dictionary Entry
reprē̆henden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | reprē̆henden v. Also reprehend(e; ppl. reprehended, -et. |
| Etymology | L reprehendere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To blame (sb.), censure, rebuke, reproach; (b) to find fault with (sth.), condemn; ?also, lament over (sth.), deplore [quot.: ?a1439, 1st]; -- also without obj.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)9.62 : I dampne not, I reprehende [WB(2) vr. repreue] not þe seuenty.
- c1400 Bible SNT(2) (Dc 250)1 John 3.21 : If oure herte reprehende vs not, we haue feiþfulnes to God.
- a1425(c1340) Rolle Psalter (LdMisc 286)134.15 : He scornys the honurrers of mawmetis and reprehendis thaim.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.510 : Thow were ay wont ech lovere reprehende Of thing fro which thou kanst the nat defende.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.2.15 : A gostly man..is of no man demyd, þat is, reprouyd or reprehendyd.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)85b/b : Of hardnez of þe which [fistulas] henric reprehendeþ, i. reproueþ, Rogerium & Rouland.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)86/50 : Þai thynk þat nane suld reprehend þam in any thyng þat þai do or say.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)336/26 : Þou most be vndernomene sadlye, for..in..excercyses of loue þou arte..reprehendet & blamede.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)46/8 : Thou shalt rest swetly if þyn herte reprehende þe not.
b
- c1400 Bk.Mother (LdMisc 210)9/11 : He worschipeþ Holy Writ and reprehendeþ noþyng þat he vnderstondeþ noght.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.201 : Þe sixte maner of consence..is whanne a man leeviþ to reprehende an opyn synne.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.12.137 : We foolis..reprehenden wikkidly the thinges that touchin Godis governaunce.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.3716 : The tourn of Fortune al auctours reprehende, Wher who sit hiest is rediest to descende.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.3626 : Wo afftir merthe, next ioie aduersite, So entermedlid ther is no seurete, Lik as this bookdoth preise and reprehende.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.203 : Of my foly foule I am confused So hye a thing to reprehende or blame.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)714 : Mayntnance no man dare reprehende.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)42.5 : Thof men kan fynd noght to reprehend, god kan.