- reprehensive
- reprehensive 1580s, from REPREHEND (Cf. reprehend) perhaps on model of COMPREHENSIVE (Cf. comprehensive).
Etymology dictionary. 2014.
reprehensive
Look at other dictionaries:
Reprehensive — Rep re*hen sive ( h?n s?v), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]pr[ e]hensif.] Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South. [1913 Webster] {Rep re*hen sive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reprehensive — index critical (faultfinding) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
reprehensive — adjective Date: 1589 serving to reprehend ; conveying reprehension or reproof … New Collegiate Dictionary
reprehensive — See reprehension. * * * … Universalium
reprehensive — reprɪ hensɪv adj. condemnatory, serving to admonish; placing blame … English contemporary dictionary
reprehensive — rep·re·hen·sive … English syllables
reprehensive — … Useful english dictionary
Reprehensively — Reprehensive Rep re*hen sive ( h?n s?v), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]pr[ e]hensif.] Containing reprehension; conveying reproof. South. [1913 Webster] {Rep re*hen sive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reprehension — reprehensive /rep ri hen siv/, adj. reprehensively, adv. /rep ri hen sheuhn/, n. the act of reprehending; reproof; censure. [1325 75; ME < L reprehension (s. of reprehensio), equiv. to reprehens(us) (ptp. of reprehendere to REPREHEND) + ion ION]… … Universalium
Reprehensory — Rep re*hen so*ry ( s? r?), a. Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint. Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
