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Reprove
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Reprove
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(transitive)
to speak disapprovingly to (a person); rebuke or scold
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Reprove
see synonyms of reprove verb transitiveWord forms: reˈproved or reˈproving
1.
to speak to in disapproval; rebuke
2.
to express disapproval of (something done or said); censure
3. Obsolete
to refute; disprove
4. Obsolete
to convince or convict
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Reprove
see synonyms of reprovetr.v. re·proved, re·prov·ing, re·proves
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).
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