Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-PROOF'
RE-PRO-MUL-GA'TIONRE-PROV-A-BLE
RE-PROOF', n. [from reprove.]
- Blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; reprehension. Those best can bear reproof, who merit praise. – Pope. He that hateth reproof is brutish. – Prov. xii.
- Blame cast; censure directed to a person.
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