different between reprehend vs foxship

English

Etymology

From Latin reprehend? (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehend? (“I hold, seize”). Confer French reprendre (“to reprove”).

Verb

reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)

1. to criticize, to reprove

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• apprehend
• comprehend
• reprehensible
• reprehension

Related terms

• reprise
• reprisal
• reprieve

See also

• criticize
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reprove

Further reading

• reprehend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reprehend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From fox +? -ship.

Noun

foxship (uncountable)

1. The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
   • 1605-08, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 4, Scene 2

     Hadst thou foxship to banish him that struck more blows for Rome than thou hast spoken words.
2. (Used as a mock title) The fox.
   • 1880, The Californian

     The dingo, however, does not possess the cunning of his foxship; and, unlike the latter, he "gives himself away" by heralding his coming by a peculiar howl, the authorship of which it is impossible to mistake.

   • 1904, Field and Stream

     I caught a fleeting far-away glimpse of the quarry as he loped across an open field just before re-entering the big swamp-I thought a few things that were anything but complimentary to his foxship, and throwing myself on the ground, […]