All 3 Uses of
reprove
in
David Copperfield
- …was so very complacent, sitting on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, and telling me this, with his eyes wide open and a surprised smile, that I am sorry to say I was provoked into explaining to him that ruin meant distress, want, and starvation; but I was soon bitterly reproved for this harshness, by seeing his face turn pale, and tears course down his lengthened cheeks, while he fixed upon me a look of such unutterable woe, that it might have softened a far harder heart than mine.†
Chpt 34-36
- It was as if I had seen her admiringly and tenderly embracing Dora, and tacitly reproving me, by her considerate protection, for my hot haste in fluttering that little heart.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- Emma, I stand reproved.'†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner