Reprobe vs. Reprove — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reprobe and Reprove
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Reprobe
To probe again.
Reprove
To express disapproval to (someone); criticize
Reproved the children for making too much noise.
Reprobe
(molecular biology) To reapply a chemical probe, usually after a previous probe has been stripped.
Reprove
To express disapproval about (something)
"Some bigger boys laughed. But Augustine angrily reproved their frivolity" (Richard Hughes).
Reprove
(intransitive) to express disapproval.
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Reprove
(transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
Reprove
(transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.).
Reprove
(transitive) To prove again.
Reprove
To convince.
When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Reprove
To disprove; to refute.
Reprove my allegation, if you can.
Reprove
To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
What if thy son
Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort,"Wherefore didst thou beget me?"
Reprove
To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.
Reprove
Take to task;
He admonished the child for his bad behavior
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