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verb
- 1. reprimand (someone): "he was reproved for obscenity"
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The meaning of REPROVE is to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent. How to use reprove in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Reprove.
REPROVE definition: 1. to tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour: 2. to tell someone that…. Learn more.
Reprove definition: to criticize or correct, especially gently. See examples of REPROVE used in a sentence.
REPROVE meaning: 1. to tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behaviour: 2. to tell someone that…. Learn more.
To reprove is to scold, reprimand, or — in plain English — “chew out.” Reprove is a verb used in the same way as “scold,” or “dress down.” To reprove is to express your dissatisfaction or disapproval with something.
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.
1. To express disapproval to (someone); criticize: reproved the children for making too much noise. See Synonyms at admonish. 2. To express disapproval about (something): "Some bigger boys laughed. But Augustine angrily reproved their frivolity"(Richard Hughes).
Definition of reprove verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To express disapproval of (something done or said); censure. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To refute; disprove. Webster's New World. To convince or convict. Webster's New World. To criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone). [from 14th c.] Wiktionary.
v.t. to criticize or correct, esp. gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake. to disapprove of strongly; censure: to reprove a bad decision. [ Obs.]to disprove or refute. v.i. to speak in reproof; administer a reproof. Late Latin reprobāre, equivalent. to re- re - + probāre to test, prove. Old French reprover.
