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121rep|re|hend — «REHP rih HEHND», transitive verb. to reprove or blame; rebuke. SYNONYM(S): reproach, censure, reprimand, upbraid. ╂[< Latin reprehendere (originally) pull back < re + prehendere to grasp] Usage This word is often confused with apprehend,… …
122rep|re|hen|si|bil|i|ty — «REHP rih HEHN suh BIHL uh tee», noun. the character of being reprehensible …
123rep|re|hen|sion — «REHP rih HEHN shuhn», noun. reproof, rebuke, or blame. ╂[< Latin reprehēnsiō, ōnis < reprehendere reprehend] …
124rep|re|sen|ta|tion — «REHP rih zehn TAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of representing: »the boy s representation of his class on the Student Council. 2. the condition or fact of being represented: »“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” The United States Congress… …
125rep|ro|bance — «REHP ruh bans», noun. Obsolete. reprobate state; reprobacy: »... fall to reprobance (Shakespeare) …
126rep|tant — «REHP tuhnt», adjective. = repent2. (Cf. ↑repent) ╂[< Latin rēptāns, antis, present participle of rēptāre to creep < rēpere to crawl] …
127rep|til|i|an — «rehp TIHL ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or having to do with reptis. 2. like a reptile; base; mean: »a reptilian nature. This individual was…an unmitigated villain a reptilian villain! (Theodore Dreiser). –n. = reptile. (Cf. ↑reptile) …
128Rep|til|i|a — «rehp TIHL ee uh», noun (plural). the class of vertebrates comprising the reptiles …
