2. Verb. (third-person singular of reprimand) ¹
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Definition of Reprimands
1. reprimand [v] - See also: reprimand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprimands
Literary usage of Reprimands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1806)
".J He reprimands and forgives the Emperor. torted from him a sincere discovery
of the criminal transaction. Under the name of ransom or confiscation, ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1865)
"The King reprimands the Commons. which, when perpetrated by this class of felons,
no redress could be obtained. The King's servants had indeed told the ..."
3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"The Governor reprimands Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer for Falling to Deliver Wheat
He Ha« Seized. • Poughkeepsie July 19th 1780. Sir, I am informed by Colo. ..."
4. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the by David Ramsay (1807)
"reprimands his manager for furnishing supplies to the British army.—Extinguishes
a threatened civil war respecting the independence of Vermont. ..."
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