English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.

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  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/
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  • Rhymes: -uːf

Noun edit

reproof (countable and uncountable, plural reproofs)

  1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
    • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 13:
      You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.
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Etymology 2 edit

re- +‎ proof

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Verb edit

reproof (third-person singular simple present reproofs, present participle reproofing, simple past and past participle reproofed)

  1. To proof again.
    We need to reproof the book before publication.

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