reproof

Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɹuːf/

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• Rhymes: -uːf

reproof (countable and uncountable, plural reproofs)

1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 13:

     You could not give me a greater reproof for the mistake I fell into. It was all my doing, I know. I have not forgotten it, I assure you.

re- +‎ proof

• re-proof

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈpɹuːf/

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• Rhymes: -uːf

reproof (third-person singular simple present reproofs, present participle reproofing, simple past and past participle reproofed)

1. To proof again.

   We need to reproof the book before publication.

• proofer