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Definition of Reproving
1. Adjective. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
Similar to: Unfavorable, Unfavourable
Derivative terms: Admonish
Definition of Reproving
1. Verb. (present participle of reprove) ¹
2. Adjective. Expressing reproof; reproachful or admonishing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reproving
1. reprove [v] - See also: reprove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reproving
Literary usage of Reproving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"... delicious Bishop reproving Auberon Herbert upon the subject of Prayer: Assuring
us, in large type, that God answers it, upon the example of the human ..."
2. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1855)
"The Duty of reproving our Neighbour. " Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy
heart: thou shall in any wise ..."
3. The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, John Leech (1864)
"... and began to abuse his courtiers for the mess into which he had been betrayed
by their outrageous flattery. Canute reproving his Courtier.;. ..."
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