reprove
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɹɪˈpɹuːv/
reprove (reproves, present participle reproving; past and past participle reproved)
- (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Proverbs IX.8:
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Proverbs IX.8:
- (transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:
- She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
- German: rügen, tadeln, maßregeln, zurechtweisen, mahnen, ermahnen
- Italian: disapprovare, riprovare
reprove (reproves, present participle reproving; past reproved, past participle reproven)
- (transitive) To prove again.
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