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reprove

Meaningdisapprove or reject

Common meaning: express disapproval of someone's action

Journey through time

  1. Latinreprobare‘disapprove or reject’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsdisapprove or reject → condemnreprover‘condemn’source
  3. Middle Englishreprouen‘condemn’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscondemn → express disapproval of someone's actionreprove‘express disapproval of someone's action’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin reprobare ‘disapprove or reject’.

Roots

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