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reproof

noun
/ɹɪˈpɹuːf//ɹiːˈpɹuːf/

Etymology

From Old French reprove, from reprover. See reprove.

  1. derived from reprove

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating

    An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.

    • 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.

  2. To proof again.

    • We need to reproof the book before publication.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reproof. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reproof. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at reproof

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA