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Middle English
Noun
reprefe
- reproof
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 25, line 2413:
‘Now is it resoun and tyme that I shewe yow, whanne, and wherfore, that ye may chaunge your conseil with-outen your repreve.’- ‘Now is it reasonable and time that I show you when and wherefore that you may change your plans without earning dishonor.’
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 15-16:
[...] ‘Besyde a welle Iesus, god and man,
Spak in repreve of the Samaritan:’ [...]- ‘Beside a well, Jesus, God and man,
Spoke in reproof of the Samaritan:’