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Reprove v. t. (past & past part. reproved; pres. part. reproving)

1.

To convince. (Obs.) "When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment."

2.

To disprove; to refute. (Obs.) "Reprove my allegation, if you can."

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?""

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."

Synonyms: 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.

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"Reproving" Quotes from Famous Books

... said (our host's name is Burke Johnson), "why yo go for to put all de peas in dat great heap on yo plate? Didn't I tell yo to be careful? Dey won't go 'round." And she looked like a reproving mother to a greedy boy, showing her splendid teeth in a grin. We were so amused. But when the subjects interested her she would pause with a dish in the air and give her opinion in the friendliest way, not the least impertinently, but as some fond, privileged ...

— Elizabeth Visits America • Elinor Glyn

... ideas," said the father of the family in the reproving tone of one who never allows a novel idea inside HIS doors if he ...

— The Secret Places of the Heart • H. G. Wells

... nothing short of the highest rank of overseers, and persevering enough to reach the height of his ambition. He was cruel enough to inflict the severest punishment, artful enough to descend to the lowest trickery, and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience. He was, of all the overseers, the most dreaded by the slaves. His presence was painful; his eye flashed confusion; and seldom was his sharp, shrill voice heard, without producing horror and ...

— The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave • Frederick Douglass

... rather bashful, and don't know very well what he's about; and Cerinthy Ann declared she was afraid that she should laugh out in prayer-time, 'cause she always did laugh when she knew she mus'n't. But finally Mrs. Scudder told us we must go in, and looked so reproving at Cerinthy that she had to hold her ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 • Various

... lyric lovemaking. "Journeys' end"—she thought again as she had thought that afternoon. Sarah Farraday would say that she was making phrases, trying to be clever, even in this great and terrible moment,—to be thinking that she had taken the subway to the heights.... Presently she put a reproving ...

— Jane Journeys On • Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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