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reproven

reproven is the past participle of reprove.

Meaning of reprove

Verb (1)

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)

  1. (intransitive) To express disapproval.
  2. (transitive) To criticise, rebuke, or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone.
    • Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 9:8
  3. (transitive) To deny or reject (as a feeling, behaviour, action, etc.).
    • She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856

Verb (2)

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproved or (rare) reproven)

  1. (transitive) To prove again.
    • As we've just learned, as long as we live in the manifest realm, a hero's journey is never over. We are constantly having to reprove ourselves.2012, Gary Stamper, Awakening the New Masculine: The Path of the Integral Warrior

Questions about reproven

What is reproven the past participle of?
Reproven is the past participle of reprove.

Words near reproven in the dictionary

  1. reprove
  2. reproveable
  3. reproved
  4. reprovement
  5. reprovements
  6. reproven
  7. reprover
  8. reprovers
  9. reproves
  10. reprovest
  11. reproveth

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