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To reprove is to criticize or scold someone.

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When you tell a young person that you do not like the way they dress, this is an example of a situation where you reprove.
When you scold someone for his bad behavior, this is an example of a situation where you reprove.

See reprove in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb reproved, reproving

to speak to in disapproval; rebuke
to express disapproval of (something done or said); censure
Obsolete to refute; disprove
Obsolete to convince or convict

Origin: ME reproven < OFr reprouver < LL(Ec) reprobare: see re- & prove

Related Forms:

reprovable adjective
reprover noun
reprovingly adverb

See reprove in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·proved, re·prov·ing, re·proves

To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke. See Synonyms at admonish.
To find fault with.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English reproven

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman repruver

Origin: , variant of Old French reprover

Origin: , from Late Latin reprobāre, to disapprove; see reprobate

Related Forms:

re·provˈa·ble adjective

re·provˈal noun

re·provˈer noun

re·provˈing·ly adverb

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