reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
has reproved
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present perfectof reprove (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I don't know why she hates the poor boy so: even Mr. Cunliffe has reproved her for her want of charity.
From Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Southey has reproved him rather sharply for failing to write to his betrothed at Bath.
From Coleridge's Ancient Mariner and Select Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I tell you, Otto," continued Jack, "I stood dumb; he has reproved us both and made us feel thoughtful, but I never had any thing that went home like that.
From Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Charlotte has reproved me for my excesses, with so much tenderness and goodness!
From The Sorrows of Young Werther by R. Dillon Boylan
The section of the wall is given, showing in the distance the penitent brothers on their knees before the Saint, who has reproved their disobedience.
From Luca Signorelli by Maud Cruttwell
