SUPREME WORD OF THE WEEK: REPROVE
PRONUNCIATION:
(ri-PROOV)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To reprimand or censure.:
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin reprobare (to disapprove), from re-
(opposite) + probare (to approve), from probus (good). Earliest documented use:
1330.
USAGE:
"The
coroner then reproved them for their 'un-Englishman-like conduct'."
Sandra Hempel; John St John Long; The Lancet (London, UK); May 3, 2014.
Sandra Hempel; John St John Long; The Lancet (London, UK); May 3, 2014.
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