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re-prove

  [ree-proov]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -proved, -proved or -prov⋅en, -prov⋅ing.
to prove again.
Origin:
1520–30; re- + prove

re⋅prove

  [ri-proov] verb, -proved, -prov⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to criticize or correct, esp. gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
2. to disapprove of strongly; censure: to reprove a bad decision.
3. Obsolete. to disprove or refute.
–verb (used without object)
4. to speak in reproof; administer a reproof.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME reproven < OF reprover < LL reprobāre, equiv. to re- re- + probāre to test, prove

Related forms:
re⋅prov⋅er, noun
re⋅prov⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. scold, reprimand, upbraid, chide, reprehend, admonish. See reproach.

Antonyms:
1. praise.
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re·prove   (rĭ-prōōv')   
tr.v.   re·proved, re·prov·ing, re·proves

  1. To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke. See Synonyms at admonish.

  2. To find fault with.


[Middle English reproven, from Anglo-Norman repruver, variant of Old French reprover, from Late Latin reprobāre, to disapprove; see reprobate.]
re·prov'a·ble adj., re·prov'al n., re·prov'er n., re·prov'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

reprove 
1303, from O.Fr. reprover, from L.L. reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn" (see reprobate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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