"reprove" meaning in English

See reprove in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rɪˈpruːv/ [UK], /riːˈpruːv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprove.wav [UK], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reprove2.wav [UK] Forms: reprove [canonical], reproves [third-person, singular], reproved [past], reproved [past, participle], reproving [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + prove(to prove again) Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|prove}} re- + prove Head templates: {{verb|reprov|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reprove a person, you reprimand them.
    Sense id: simple-reprove-en-verb-CO8IXdkd
  2. If you reprove something, you prove it again.
    Sense id: simple-reprove-en-verb-3CBQd6MH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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