Reprove /(r?-pr??v")/

imp. & p. p. Reproved; p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving

1. To convince. [Obs.]

   When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.]

   Reprove my allegation, if you can.

3. 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?”

4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.

   He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men.