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Definition of Reprove
1. Verb. Take to task. "He admonished the child for his bad behavior"
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart
Derivative terms: Admonishment, Admonition, Admonitory, Reproval, Reprover
Definition of Reprove
1. v. t. To convince.
Definition of Reprove
1. Verb. (intransitive) to express disapproval. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to prevent, avoid, deny or suppress (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reprove
1. to rebuke [v -PROVED, -PROVING, -PROVES] - See also: rebuke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reprove
Literary usage of Reprove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bible Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic Words and Phrases in the by Jonathan Eastwood, William Aldis Wright (1884)
"'If it shall require to teach any truth or reprove false doctrine, to rebuke any
... reprove my allegation, if you can; Or else conclude my words effectual. ..."
2. A Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine: And Other Minor Works of Lancelot by Lancelot Andrewes (1846)
"... with authority, gravity, and majesty; as knowing that it is not his own word,
but the everlasting truth of God. fourthly, to reprove and confute. ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from ..."
4. The National Preacher (1827)
"Never allow yourselves to do that which they can plausibly allege in their own
justification ; " but rather reprove them." Let your conduct stand forth as a ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. See CLAP, REPROOF. slap, vt I. strike (contextual), hit (contextual); spec,
smack, cuff, clap, box, spank. 2. Spec, reprove, clap. slap, vi Spec, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"REPRIEVE, to delay the execution of a criminal. (F..-L.) In Spenser, FQ iv. 12.
21. It is really the same word as reprove, of which the ME form was commonly ..."
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