Sekirov Dictionary

reprove

/ɹɪˈpɹuːv/

verb 3
/ɹiːˈpɹuːv/ verb 1
forms 7

verb3

To express disapproval.
•
To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. — 1611
•
To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
- She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip. — 1982

reprove

/ɹiːˈpɹuːv/

verb1

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To prove again.
- As we've just learned, as long as we live in the manifest realm, a hero's journey is never over. We are constantly having to reprove ourselves. — 2012

forms

reproved · reproven · reproven · reproving · reproves · reproveth · reprovest

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