REPROVE


Meaning of REPROVE in English

/ rɪˈpruːv; NAmE / verb

reprove sb (for sth / for doing sth) ( formal ) to tell sb that you do not approve of sth that they have done

SYN rebuke :

[ vn ]

He reproved her for rushing away.

[also v speech , vn speech ]

►  re·prov·ing adjective [ usually before noun ]:

a reproving glance

►  re·prov·ing·ly adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English (also in the senses reject and censure ): from Old French reprover , from late Latin reprobare disapprove, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare approve.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.