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Shak., T. N., iii. 4. 225. 2. To charge with a fault; chide; reprehend: formerly sometimes with of . And there also he was examyned, repreved , and scorned, and crouned eft with a whyte Thorn. Mandeville , Travels, p. 14. Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for all the evils which Herod had done,... shut up John in prison. Luke iii. 19. There is... no railing in a known discreet man, though he do nothing but reprove . Shak., T. N., i. 5. 104. of Our ble ed Master reproved them of ignorance his Spirit, which had they but known. they had not been such a be cedar i i in the school of mercy. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 94. 3t. To convince, as of a fault; convict. When he is come he will reprove [ convict , R. V.] the world of sin [in respect of sin, R. V.], and of righteousne , and of judgment. John xvi. 8. God hath never been deficient, but hath to all men that believe him given sufficient to confirm them; to those few that believed not, sufficient to reprove them.