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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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"Reprove" Quotes from Famous Books

... Son. The poetic literature of Titus Valgius is ascertained by the honourable mention made of him by Horace, in his Tenth Satire, Book the First. Valgius, like Sir Brooke Boothby, in these days, had poured forth a train of elegiac Sorrows over the blight of his filial hopes. Horace does not severely reprove these woes, he only wishes they may not be eternal, and that he will, at least, suspend them and share the public joy; for this Ode was composed while the splendid victories, which Augustus had obtained in ...

— Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace • Anna Seward

... Aristotle, that did proceed in such a spirit of difference and contradiction towards all antiquity; undertaking not only to frame new words of science at pleasure, but to confound and extinguish all ancient wisdom; insomuch as he never nameth or mentioneth an ancient author or opinion, but to confute and reprove; wherein for glory, and drawing followers and disciples, he took the right course. For certainly there cometh to pass, and hath place in human truth, that which was noted and pronounced in the highest truth:- Veni in nomine ...

— The Advancement of Learning • Francis Bacon

... the dwarf, in the same calm tone, but without seeming to take in that Olive meant to reprove him. ...

— A Christmas Posy • Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth

... raissed him up from the death, thow shalt be save." (Rom. 10.)—"He that beleveth not in Christ shalbe condemned." "He that beleveth nott the Sone shall never see lyif; but the ire of God abydith upoun him." (Joan. 3.)—"The Holy Ghost shall reprove the world of synne, becaus thei beleve not in me." "Thei that beleve in Jesus Christ ar the sones of God." Ye ar all the sones of God, because ye ...

— The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) • John Knox

... no desire to reprove Max when he told me of his day's adventure with Yolanda, since I could in no way remedy the evil. In fact, Max was growing out of my jurisdiction. He had listened to my lectures and advice since childhood and had taken them kindly, because my authority grew out of my ...

— Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy • Charles Major

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