reprove Copy link Outline 1. objurgo, 1 (prop. to rebuke with some authority)2. castīgo, 1 (to correct)3. reprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to reprimand)4. vĭtŭpĕro, 15. incrĕpo (avi, atum), ui, ĭtum, 16. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to wound slightly)7. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to take to task sharply)8. nŏto, 1 (esp. of the censor9. rĕtaxo, 1 (very rare) • reprove: 1. objurgo, 1 (prop. to rebuke with some authority): our friends must be admonished and r.d, monendi amici sunt et objurgandi, Cic. Am. 24, 88: to r. severely, vehementer o., id. Att. 3, 10: to r. gently (fig. expr.), molli brachio o., id. ib. 2, 1, 8. (Frequent. objurgĭto, 1: Pl. Trin. 1, 2, 30.) 2. castīgo, 1 (to correct): to r. any one, verbis c. aliquem, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: to r. them privately for ..., c. illos secreto quod ..., Caes. B. C. 3, 60. 3. reprĕhendo, di, sum, 3 (to reprimand): to r. a fault, vitium r., Cic. Verr. 3, 2, 4: to r. the rashness of the troops, temeritatem militum r., Caes. B. G. 7, 52: to r. in a kind and frank way, amice simpliciterque r., Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 1: to r. others for the same offences which they had committed, r. alios in eodem genere in quo ipsi offendissent, Cic. Clu. 36, 98. 4. vĭtŭpĕro, 1: v. censure, blame. 5. incrĕpo (avi, atum), ui, ĭtum, 1: (to upbraid loudly): to r. his arrogance in verse, versibus i. arrogantiam, Cic. Acad. 2, 23, 74: he r.d him most severely for entering the city, acerrime increpuit quod urbem introisset, Tac. A. 2, 59. 6. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3 (to wound slightly): to r. his style of living in mild terms, lenibus verbis cultum p., Tac. A. 2, 59; Cic. 7. corrĭpio, rĭpui, reptum, 3 (to take to task sharply): to r. in an unfriendly way, inimice c., Quint. 11, 1, 68: they were r.d and rated by the consul in strong language, convicio consulis correpti exagitabantur, Caes. B. C. 1, 2: Cic. 8. nŏto, 1 (esp. of the censor: to reprimand publicly): love that ought to be r.d, amor dignus notari, Hor. S. 1, 3, 24. 9. rĕtaxo, 1 (very rare): Suet. Vesp. 13.
REPROVE Copy link • REPROVEreprobare (express disapprobation; opposed to probare: approbare): damnare: condemnare (condemn; also opposed to approbare): reprehendere: vituperare (opposed to probare, laudare. SYN. in BLAME). (The words are found in this connection and order.) reprehendere et exagitare aliquid. To reprove in no measured terms, vehementer reprehendere aliquem de aliqua re or in aliqua re: vituperare aliquem de aliqua re: to be reproved, reprehendi: vituperari: in vituperationem venire, incidere, cadere, adduci: vituperationem subire. Vid: CONDEMN.