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What (who) is Reprove - definition
reprove
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Reproofs; Reproof (disambiguation); Reprove
(reproves, reproving, reproved)
If you reprove someone, you speak angrily or seriously to them because they have behaved in a wrong or foolish way. (FORMAL)
'There's no call for talk like that,' Mrs Evans reproved him...
Women were reproved if they did not wear hats in court.
= admonish
VERB: V with quote, V n
reprove
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Reproofs; Reproof (disambiguation); Reprove
¦ verb rebuke or reprimand.
Derivatives
reprovable adjective
reprover noun
reproving adjective
reprovingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. reprover, from late L. reprobare (see reprobate).
reprove
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Reproofs; Reproof (disambiguation); Reprove
v. a.
Censure, lecture, blame, reprehend, condemn, reprimand, chide, rebuke, upbraid, admonish, find fault with, remonstrate with, expostulate with.
Examples of use of Reprove
1. However, one doesn‘t know whether at some stage Advani may have another yatra (ride) to reprove his credentials.
2. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee." He even backed up his teachings with verses: "Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee." He let the asses go and graze in the meadow, while he wants to respond to anger with soft words.
3. The e–mail cited Proverbs 1':25 –– "Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge." Russert asked why he cited that proverb.
4. Dave Harvey, of Defense Helicopter magazine, said: "It‘s taken two decades because at every point they had to make a decision, these two things came together, the money, the technical, so you had to go back and ‘reprove‘ everything and ‘rescrub‘ everything and then guess what, it happened again.