Definition of "reproves" [reproves]

• Plural form of reprove. (noun)

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• "In God's name reproves them for the dishonour they do to God and the damage they do to their own souls, ver."
• "Job was unkindly, and to justify themselves in their unkindliness they used false arguments (Job 13: 7); (namely, that calamities always prove peculiar guilt); therefore, though it was "for God" they spake thus falsely, God "reproves" them, as Job said He would (Job 13: 10). as ..."
• "In some towns, Evreux for example, the judges who have taken the oath sit in judgment on the judges who have refused it; [1] dishonour seated on the bench places honour at the bar; the sold conscience "reproves" the upright conscience; the courtesan lashes the virgin."