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Monday, June 29, 2015

SUPREME WORD OF THE WEEK: REPROVE

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.

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