To reprove is to criticize or scold someone.
(verb)See reprove in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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transitive verb re·proved, re·prov·ing, re·proves
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Origin: Middle English reproven
Origin: , from Anglo-Norman repruver
Origin: , variant of Old French reprover
Origin: , from Late Latin reprobāre, to disapprove; see reprobate
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