different between reprover vs reproves

English

Etymology

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

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. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• ? English: reprove
• French: reprouver

See also

• prover

References

• reprover on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Noun

reproves

1. plural of reprove

Anagrams

• proverse

Portuguese

Verb

reproves

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of reprovar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of reprovar