fish.
Bacon.
Pardon me for reprehending thee.
Shak.
In which satire human vices, ignorance, and errors . . . are severely reprehended.
Dryden.
I nor advise nor reprehend the choice.
J. Philips. Reprehender
(Rep`re*hend"er) n. One who reprehends.
Reprehensible
(Rep`re*hen"si*ble) a. [L. reprehensibilis: cf. F. répréhensible.] Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
— Rep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. — Rep`re*hen"si*bly, adv.
Reprehension
(Rep`re*hen"sion) n. [L. reprehensio: cf. F. répréhension.] Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
This Basilius took as though his mistress had given him a secret reprehension that he had not showed
more gratefulness to Dorus.
Sir P. Sidney. Syn. — Censure; reproof; reprimand. See Admonition.
Reprehensive
(Rep`re*hen"sive) a. [Cf. F. répréhensif.] Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
South.
— Rep`re*hen"sive*ly, adv.
Reprehensory
(Rep`re*hen"so*ry) a. Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.
Johnson.
Re-present
(Re`-pre*sent") v. t. To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.
Represent
(Rep`re*sent") v. t. [F. reprsenter, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare
to place before, present. See Present, v. t.]
1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the
counterpart or image of; to typify.
Before him burn
Seven lamps, as in a zodiac representing
The heavenly fires.
Milton. 2. To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in
bronze, and the like.
3. To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent
Hamlet.
4. To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the
share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents
his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in
Congress.
5. To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to
bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
He represented Rizzio's credit with the queen to be the chief and only obstacle to his success in that
demand.
Robertson.
This bank is thought the greatest load on the Genoese, and the managers of it have been represented
as a second kind of senate.
Addison.
