REPROVE Meaning of REPROVE in English ■ verb rebuke or reprimand.Derivativesreprovable adjective~r nounreproving adjectivereprovingly adverb OriginME: from OFr. ~r , from late L. reprobare (see reprobate ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004