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reprove(dictionary)

acinus (iou) and reprove (iou)


acinus (iou)



acinus noun. . M18.
[Latin = berry growing in a cluster, kernel.]
Botany. A small berry growing in a cluster or as part of a compound fruit; a seed of such a berry. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
Anatomy. Any of a number of small rounded terminal sacs in a gland, the cells of whose walls secrete into the central cavity; the small portion of lung tissue served by a single terminal bronchiole. M18.
acinar adjective = acinous M20.
a'ciniform adjective resembling a grape or a bunch of grapes M19.
acinous adjective (Anatomy) consisting of or pertaining to acini M19.

reprove (iou)



reprove verb. Also repreve, reprieve. ME.
[Old French reprover (mod. reprouver) from Latin reprobare: see REPROBATE verb.]
verb trans. Reject. ME-E17.
verb trans. Express disapproval of (conduct, an action, a belief, etc.); censure, condemn. Now rare. ME.
verb trans. Reprehend, blame, chide (a person). ME.
M. Gardiner 'Really, Maya,' Rene reproved her, 'you ought to be more careful.'
verb intrans. Express disapproval, make rebukes. ME.
verb trans. Prove to be false or erroneous; disprove. LME-L17.
reprovable adjective deserving of reproof or censure; blameworthy, reprehensible: ME.
reproval noun reproof M19.
reprover noun LME.
reprovingly adverb in a reproving manner LME.