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Webster 1913 Edition


Reprove

Re-prove′

(r?-pr??v′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reproved
(-pr??vd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reproving
.]
[F.
réprouver
, OF.
reprover
, fr. L.
reprobare
. See
Reprieve
,
Reprobate
, and cf.
Reproof
.]
1.
To convince.
[Obs.]
When he is come, he will
reprove
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
John xvi. 9.
2.
To disprove; to refute.
[Obs.]
Reprove
my allegation, if you can.
Shakespeare
3.
To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
What if thy son
Prove disobedient, and,
reproved
, retort,
“Wherefore didst thou beget me?”
Milton.
4.
To express disapprobation of;
as, to
reprove
faults
.
He neither
reproved
the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
Udall.
Syn. – To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
Reprove
,
Rebuke
,
Reprimand
. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.

Webster 1828 Edition


Reprove

REPROVE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. reprobo; re and probo, to prove.]
1.
To blame; to censure.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices - Ps. 50.
2.
To charge with a fault to the face; to chide; to reprehend. Luke 3.
3.
To blame for; with of; as, to reprove one of laziness.
4.
To convince of a fault, or to make it manifest.
John 16.
5.
To refute; to disprove. [Not in use.]
6.
To excite a sense of guilt. The heart or conscience reproves us.
7.
To manifest silent disapprobation or blame.
The vicious cannot bear the presence of the good, whose very looks reprove them, and whose life is a severe, though silent admonition.

Definition 2024


reprove

reprove

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɹuːv/
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)

  1. (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) to prevent, avoid, deny or suppress (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.
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:reprehend
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

re- + prove

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproven)

  1. (transitive) To prove again.
    • 2012, Gary Stamper, Awakening the New Masculine: The Path of the Integral Warrior
      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.
    • 2015, Matthew Zawodniak, “A Moduli Space for Rational Homotopy Types with the Same Homotopy Lie Algebra”, in arXiv:
      Often, previously-known results will be streamlined, reworded, or reproven to make them directly relevant to the results of this paper.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

reprove

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of reprovar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of reprovar
  3. third-person singular imperative of reprovar