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reprove(verb) To speak disapprovingly to (a person); rebuke or scold. Synonyms: admonishUsage: He reproved the child for his bad behavior and sent him to bed without supper.
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reprove
Definition: (verb) To speak disapprovingly to (a person); rebuke or scold.
Synonyms: admonish
Usage: He reproved the child for his bad behavior and sent him to bed without supper.
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The less I shall have occasion to reprove myself, the less I shall be concerned to know what others say against me.
-The Management of the Tongue: Under the Following Very Important and Useful Heads: Conversation--The Babbler--The Silent Man--The Witty Man ... by Laurent Bordelon, Boston, 1817.
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Reprove
Reprimand (someone).
"He was reproved for obscenity"
Synonyms :
reprimand
rebuke
reproach
scold
admonish
remonstrate with
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Definition: (verb) To speak disapprovingly to (a person); rebuke or scold.
Synonyms: admonish
Usage: He reproved the child for his bad behavior and sent him to bed without supper.
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