Both Uses of
reprove
in
King Lear
- I now perceive it was not altogether your brother's evil disposition made him seek his death; but a provoking merit, set a-work by a reproveable badness in himself.†
Scene 3.5
- he's full of alteration And self-reproving:
Scene 5.1 *reproving = criticism
Definition:
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(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner