reprove
verb (used with object)
to criticize or correct, especially gently.
is reproving
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present progressiveof reprove (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This is reproving, and it is this that the Spirit does.
From And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses by J. Wilbur Chapman
A mother sitting on a bench, with a bowl of possibly Lenten soup by her side, is reproving a fat little fellow for his gross appetite at this solemn season.
From Adopting an Abandoned Farm by Kate Sanborn
He is reproving men who, having been converted to Christianity, were for lapsing into Judaism.
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon
