Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
admonish, reprove, reproof
(verb) take to task; “He admonished the child for his bad behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)
(intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
(transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]
• See also reprehend
reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproven)
(transitive) To prove again.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*prove" (r-prv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reproved (-prvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reproving.] Etym: [F. réprouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See Reprieve, Reprobate, and cf. Reproof.]
1. To convince. [Obs.] When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9.
2. To disprove; to refute. [Obs.] Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak.
3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure. What if thy son Prove disobedient, and, reproved, retort, "Wherefore didst thou beget me" Milton.
4. To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. He neither reproved the ordinance of John, neither plainly condemned the fastings of the other men. Udall.
Syn.
– To reprehend; chide; rebuke; scold; blame censure.
– Reprove, Rebuke, Reprimand. These words all signufy the expression of disapprobation. To reprove implies greater calmness and self-possession. To rebuke implies a more excited and personal feeling. A reproof may be administered long after the offience is committed, and is usually intended for the reformation of the offender; a rebuke is commonly given at the moment of the wrong, and is administered by way of punishment and condemnation. A reprimand proceeds from a person invested with authority, and is a formal and offiscial act. A child is reproved for his faults, and rebuked for his impudence. A military officer is reprimanded for neglect or violation of duty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.