reprover

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

• prover

References

• “reprover”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026.