reprover

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English

Etymology

From reprove +‎ -er.

Noun

reprover (plural reprovers)

  1. One who reproves; a rebuker.
    • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
      Yet this conceitednesse and Itch of being taken for a Counsellour, maketh more Reprovers, than Peccants in the world.

Old French

Verb

reprover

  1. to prove (to show to be true)
  2. to rebuke; to reprove
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 174, lines 2114–5:
      Ne me devez pas reprover
      iço que par curuz vus diz.
      You shouldn't reproach me
      for something I said in anger.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem repruev distinct from the unstressed stem reprov. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of reprover (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive reprover avoir reprové
gerund en reprovant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle reprovant
past participle reprové
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present repruef reprueves reprueve reprovons reprovez repruevent
imperfect reprovoie, reproveie, reprovoe, reproveve reprovoies, reproveies, reprovoes, reproveves reprovoit, reproveit, reprovot, reproveve reproviiens, reproviens reproviiez, reproviez reprovoient, reproveient, reprovoent, reprovevent
preterite reprovai reprovas reprova reprovames reprovastes reproverent
future reproverai reproveras reprovera reproverons reproveroiz, reprovereiz, reproverez reproveront
conditional reproveroie, reprovereie reproveroies, reprovereies reproveroit, reprovereit reproveriiens, reproveriens reproveriiez, reproveriez reproveroient, reprovereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present repruef reprues repruet reprovons reprovez repruevent
imperfect reprovasse reprovasses reprovast reprovissons, reprovissiens reprovissoiz, reprovissez, reprovissiez reprovassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— reprueve — reprovons reprovez —

Descendants

  • → English: reprove
  • French: reprouver

See also

References

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