All 3 Uses of
reprove
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
- I cannot tell if to depart in silence Or bitterly to speak in your reproof Best fitteth my degree or your condition: If not to answer, you might haply think Tongue-tied ambition, not replying, yielded To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty, Which fondly you would here impose on me; If to reprove you for this suit of yours, So season'd with your faithful love to me, Then, on the other side, I check'd my friends.†
Scene 3.7
- I cannot tell if to depart in silence Or bitterly to speak in your reproof Best fitteth my degree or your condition: If not to answer, you might haply think Tongue-tied ambition, not replying, yielded To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty, Which fondly you would here impose on me; If to reprove you for this suit of yours, So season'd with your faithful love to me, Then, on the other side, I check'd my friends.†
Scene 3.7
- Madam, I have a touch of your condition
That cannot brook the accent of reproof.
Scene 4.4 *reproof = criticism
Definition:
-
(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner