Both Uses of
reprove
in
As You Like It
- If again, it was not well cut, he would answer I spake not true: this is called the Reproof valiant.†
Scene 5.4
- The first, the Retort courteous; the second, the Quip modest; the third, the Reply churlish; the fourth, the Reproof valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with circumstance; the seventh, the Lie direct.
Scene 5.4 *reproof = criticism
Definition:
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(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner