v. Formal rebuke; find fault with. [latin prehendo seize]

v. - stand for or correspond to.

- (often in passive) be a specimen of.

- embody; symbolize.

- place a likeness of before the mind or senses.

- (often foll. By as, to be) describe or depict as; declare.

- (foll. By that) allege.

- show, or play the part of, on stage.

- v. Submit (a cheque etc.) Again for payment.

—n. (esp. Official) rebuke. —v. Administer this to. [latin: related to *repress]

n. Unprincipled or immoral person. [latin: related to *prove]

v. Process again or differently.

v. (-cing) 1 produce a copy or representation of.

- cause to be seen or heard etc. Again (tried to reproduce the sound exactly).

- produce further members of the same species by natural means.

- refl. Produce offspring. reproducible adj.

v. (also reprogramme) (-mm-; us -m-) program (esp. A computer) again or differently. reprogramable adj. (also reprogrammable).

v. Publish again or in a new edition etc. republication n.

v. (-ting) 1 a disown, disavow, reject. B refuse dealings with. C deny.

- refuse to recognize or obey (authority or a treaty).

- refuse to discharge (an obligation or debt). repudiation n. [latin repudium divorce]

adj. - extremely distasteful.

- contradictory.