Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To express disapproval to (someone); criticize: synonym: admonish.
- transitive verb To express disapproval about (something).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To disapprove; condemn; censure.
- To charge with a fault; chide; reprehend: formerly sometimes with of.
- To convince, as of a fault; convict.
- To refute; disprove.
- Synonyms and Rebuke, Reprimand, etc. See
censure and admonition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To convince.
- transitive verb obsolete To disprove; to refute.
- transitive verb To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
- transitive verb To express disapprobation of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take to task
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He that is to reprove is to remember, that his business is not to declaim and shew his parts, but to work a cure.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V. 1634-1716 1823
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If He is, and we are therefore 'light in the Lord,' we shall 'reprove' or 'convict' the
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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For the word rendered in our version 'reprove' is the same which our Lord employed when He spoke of the mission of the Comforter as being to
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Did you ever notice this context, in which the Apostle, in the next verse to my text, gives the reason for his commandment to 'reprove' thus -- '_For_ it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret'?
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Epistles), see 1Ti 1: 10; 6: 3. convince -- rather, "reprove" [Alford], (Tit 1: 13).
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Paul told him in 2 Timothy 2-4: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Randy Miller: Latter Days Randy Miller 2011
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Paul told him in 2 Timothy 2-4: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Randy Miller: Latter Days Randy Miller 2011
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And after things are untangled and you have had time to appreciate the close shave, you go up to Prince and reprove him with your choicest vocabulary.
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Paul told him in 2 Timothy 2-4: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Randy Miller: Latter Days Randy Miller 2011
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Paul told him in 2 Timothy 2-4: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Randy Miller: Latter Days Randy Miller 2011
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