Explore Reprove through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like admonish or knock. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Reprove meaning
- To express disapproval.
- To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
- To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
Using Reprove
- The main meaning on this page is: To express disapproval. | To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. | To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
- Useful related words include: admonish, knock, criticize, criticise.
Context around Reprove
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Reprove
- In this selection, "reprove" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thee and boldly stand out and add context to how "reprove" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continued to reprove boldly the and lest he reprove thee and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "reprove" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with reprove
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He bore all with patience and constancy, and continued to reprove boldly the evils in Israel. (16 words)
We reprove, then, by virtue of Our Apostolic Authority, all the practices abovementioned as absolutely unworthy of the Christian name. (20 words)
Near the middle of the Bible, we find the wise man, Solomon saying, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6). (32 words)
And he shall judge between the nations and reprove many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. (39 words)
Near the middle of the Bible, we find the wise man, Solomon saying, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6). (32 words)
We reprove, then, by virtue of Our Apostolic Authority, all the practices abovementioned as absolutely unworthy of the Christian name. (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Near the middle of the Bible, we find the wise man, Solomon saying, “Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:6).
And he shall judge between the nations and reprove many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift the sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
He bore all with patience and constancy, and continued to reprove boldly the evils in Israel.
We reprove, then, by virtue of Our Apostolic Authority, all the practices abovementioned as absolutely unworthy of the Christian name.