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Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.
Isaac Barrow

Meaning of "reprove" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REPROVE

From Old French reprover, from Late Latin reprobāre, from Latin re- + probāre to examine, approve1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REPROVE

reprove  [rɪˈpruːv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPROVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reprove is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb reprove in English.

WHAT DOES REPROVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of reprove in the English dictionary

The definition of reprove in the dictionary is to speak disapprovingly to ; rebuke or scold.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REPROVE

PRESENT

Present
I reprove
you reprove
he/she/it reproves
we reprove
you reprove
they reprove
Present continuous
I am reproving
you are reproving
he/she/it is reproving
we are reproving
you are reproving
they are reproving
Present perfect
I have reproved
you have reproved
he/she/it has reproved
we have reproved
you have reproved
they have reproved
Present perfect continuous
I have been reproving
you have been reproving
he/she/it has been reproving
we have been reproving
you have been reproving
they have been reproving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I reproved
you reproved
he/she/it reproved
we reproved
you reproved
they reproved
Past continuous
I was reproving
you were reproving
he/she/it was reproving
we were reproving
you were reproving
they were reproving
Past perfect
I had reproved
you had reproved
he/she/it had reproved
we had reproved
you had reproved
they had reproved
Past perfect continuous
I had been reproving
you had been reproving
he/she/it had been reproving
we had been reproving
you had been reproving
they had been reproving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will reprove
you will reprove
he/she/it will reprove
we will reprove
you will reprove
they will reprove
Future continuous
I will be reproving
you will be reproving
he/she/it will be reproving
we will be reproving
you will be reproving
they will be reproving
Future perfect
I will have reproved
you will have reproved
he/she/it will have reproved
we will have reproved
you will have reproved
they will have reproved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been reproving
you will have been reproving
he/she/it will have been reproving
we will have been reproving
you will have been reproving
they will have been reproving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would reprove
you would reprove
he/she/it would reprove
we would reprove
you would reprove
they would reprove
Conditional continuous
I would be reproving
you would be reproving
he/she/it would be reproving
we would be reproving
you would be reproving
they would be reproving
Conditional perfect
I would have reprove
you would have reprove
he/she/it would have reprove
we would have reprove
you would have reprove
they would have reprove
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been reproving
you would have been reproving
he/she/it would have been reproving
we would have been reproving
you would have been reproving
they would have been reproving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you reprove
we let´s reprove
you reprove
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to reprove
Past participle
reproved
Present Participle
reproving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPROVE


approve
əˈpruːv
cruive
kruːv
disapprove
ˌdɪsəˈpruːv
disimprove
ˌdɪsɪmˈpruːv
disproove
dɪsˈpruːv
disprove
dɪsˈpruːv
engroove
ɪnˈɡruːv
eruv
ˈɛəruːv
groove
ɡruːv
improve
ɪmˈpruːv
ingroove
ɪnˈɡruːv
microgroove
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɡruːv
misimprove
ˌmɪsɪmˈpruːv
preapprove
ˌpriːəˈpruːv
prove
pruːv
reapprove
ˌriːəˈpruːv
regroove
riːˈɡruːv
tongue-and-groove
ˌtʌŋənˈɡruːv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPROVE

reproduction proof
reproductive
reproductively
reproductiveness
reproductivity
reprogram
reprogrammable
reprogramme
reprographer
reprographic
reprographically
reprographics
reprography
reproof
reprovable
reproval
reprover
reproving
reprovingly
reprovision

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPROVE

beech grove
Bromsgrove
drove
grove
hazel grove
lemon grove
mangrove
oak grove
on the improve
orange grove
overdrove
palm grove
pine grove
rove
shrove
strove
test-drove
throve
treasure-trove
trove

Synonyms and antonyms of reprove in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REPROVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «reprove» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of reprove

Translation of «reprove» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPROVE

Find out the translation of reprove to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reprove from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reprove» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

数落
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

redarguye
570 millions of speakers

English

reprove
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निंदा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وبخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обличай
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reprovar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réprouver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tegur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tadeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

たしなめる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

책망
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reprove
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

la mắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்டிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Reprove
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoşgörmemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rimproverare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ganić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картай
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατακρίνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

berispe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillrätta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irettesette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reprove

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPROVE»

The term «reprove» is normally little used and occupies the 123.247 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPROVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «reprove» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «reprove» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reprove

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2 QUOTES WITH «REPROVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reprove.
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Isaac Barrow
Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.
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Ari Graynor
I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPROVE»

Discover the use of reprove in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reprove and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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To Exhort and Reprove: Audience Response to the Chiastic ...
Titus 2:15b (a) In the first sub-element Paul commands Titus: “reprove with all command; let no one disregard you.” Taken with the preceding verb “exhort” ( paraka,lei, 2:15a) the verb “reprove” recalls for the audience the elder's basic calling to ...
Paul S. Jeon, 2012
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Meneket Rivkah:
The Gemara4 explains ``Reprove, you shall reprove.''5 How do we know that a student must rebuke his teacher, if he sees him do something improper? We know it from the verse, ``Reprove, you shall reprove, which implies under all ...
Frauke von Rohden, 2010
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
representative. reprove. as well as by speech. Action can tell a story . . . and depict every kind of human emotion, without the aid of a word— Justice Holmes) Portray suggests the making of a detailed representation of individual persons, or of ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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A body of practical divinity, consisting of above one ...
The prudence ofthe scrpent, and innocency of the dove, is seen in this, to reprove the st'n, yet love the person. We are commanded to reprove, Lev. xix. t7. That: flux -'t not hate thy brother in thy heart ; th'u shut/t rrlml'e him, and natfufl'er fin upon ...
Thomas WATSON (Rector of St. Stephen's, Walbrook.), 1759
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The theological works: containing his porta Mosis and ...
Rivet. □ Capito. Chr a Castro. 0 Vulg. his companion. And therefore because there was none in the land that did [or would] reprove , it was convenient that God himself should take up a controversy with them, and reprove them •, which is that  ...
Edward Pococke, Leonard Twells, 1740
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How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now
Particularly significant for them was the series of brief laws that appears somewhat later in this same chapter: You shall not hate your brother in your heart ; you shall reprove your neighbor, and you shall incur no guilt because of him. You shall ...
James L. Kugel, 2012
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The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance of the Old ...
16:21 .yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Job 5: 17. happy (is) the man whom God correcteth: 6:23. what dot/i your arguing reprove? 13:10. He will surely reprove you, 15. / will maintain mine own ways (marg. prove, or, argue} 16:21.
George Vicesimus Wigram, 1860
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Boyle. Those colours are unchangeable, and, whenever all those rays with those their colours are mixed again, they reproduce the same white light as before. Newton's Opticks. REPROVE', v. a.-\ Fr. reprouver ; re and Reprov'able, adj. f prove ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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The Banality of Good and Evil: Moral Lessons from the Shoah ...
1 9 : 17) — Is it possible that one is not allowed to hit, slap, or embarrass him or her [in order to reprove her or him]? Scripture teaches, "in your heart"- Scripture speaks of hate in the heart [which is forbidden, not physical reproof]. From whence ...
David R. Blumenthal, 1999
10
The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ...
In order to understand this important direction aright, and to apply it prositably to our own souls, let us consider, First, What it is that we are to rebuke or reprove ? What is the thing that is here enjoined ? Secondly, Who are they whom we are ...
John Wesley

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPROVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reprove is used in the context of the following news items.
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Protesto pede ao TCU que reprove contas de Dilma por causa de …
Cerca de cinquenta pessoas estão reunidas neste domingo, 26, em frente à Biblioteca Nacional de Brasília para reivindicar a reprovação das contas da ... «Repórter Diário, Jul 15»
2
Parashat Devarim / Ready for rebuke
Yet I know that he loved me all the more each time he was beaten, as it is written, "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
3
Movimento programa vigília para que TCU reprove as contas de Dilma
Uma mobilização, que será realizada no próximo domingo, 26, em várias capitais brasileiras, inclusive em Fortaleza, pedirá que a Corte do Tribunal de Contas ... «O POVO Online, Jul 15»
4
Literary insights - 28: The Wife of Bath
More telling answers (based on the story time they earn) include "the freedom to do exactly as we please with no one to reprove our faults and lies" and the ... «CampaignLive, Jul 15»
5
Steve Ellison: My Country
We are commanded to be constantly and consistently ready to reprove, rebuke, and exhort. We are to do so with much patient instruction. We should expect ... «The Chattanoogan, Jul 15»
6
How To Find The Right Church For You And Your Family
What Paul wrote to Timothy he writes to ever pastor at every church and that is to “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Ministério Público sugere ao TCU que reprove contas de Dilma
O Ministério Público de Contas, que atua junto ao Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), sugeriu aos ministros da corte que reprovem as contas de 2014 do ... «O Tempo, Jun 15»
8
Ending the European Refugee Crisis
Human rights groups reprove Australia for abandoning its obligation to protect asylum-seekers, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott argues, “the only way to stop the ... «World Policy Institute, May 15»
9
Carolyn Hax: Live-in boyfriend won't stop ogling women. Is it a lost …
And you, Mr. A., need to trust that if your heart is true, then you don't have to prove and reprove yourself to anyone. Not just because people who really know you ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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USING ALINSKY TACTICS TO DESTROY PUBLIUS HULDAH
If we do not reprove the sins of others, we have fellowship with them. A good man will be ashamed to speak of what many wicked men are not ashamed to do. «NewsWithViews.com, Apr 15»

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