English → Latin
“reprehend” in Latin
reprehendōto hold back, hold fast, take hold of, seize, catch; to hold fast, check, restrain; retrieve, recover, restore; to blamevituperōto censure; to scold, tell off, blame; to disparage, find fault withculpōto blameincrepōto rattle, twang or make a similar noise; to cause to give forth a sound, sound, resound; to rebuke, chide, protest, comimprobōto disapprove; to blame, condemn, reject
The English word reprehend itself goes back to Latin prehendō, through reprehendo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reprehend
reprehendere: vituperare: culpare: increpare: improbare. SYN., and CONSTR. in BLAME.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reprehend?
- The usual Latin words for “reprehend” are reprehendō, vituperō, culpō; also increpō, improbō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.