Middle English Dictionary Entry
reprōchen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | reprōchen v.(1) Also reproch(e, reproce(n, reprūce; p. reprochede, etc. & (errors) reproceþ, reprecede. |
| Etymology | OF: cp. CF reprochier, reprocher, reprocier, AF repruchier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rebuke (sb.), reproach; ppl. reproching as noun: one who rebukes; (b) to insult (sb.), mock; (c) to condemn (sth.); also, belittle (a gift); (d) to reject (sth.), destroy; (e) ~ of, ?by confusion of OF reprochier and raprochier: rebuke (man) concerning (divine mercy).
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.145 : Þai þat ben dampned shullen haten & reprocen [vrr. repreue, reprouen; F reprocheront] hem þorouȝ whiche þai comen þider.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)6.1 : Lord, ne repruce [L arguas] me nouȝt in þy vengeaunce; ne reproue me nouȝt in þyn yre.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)34.8 : Hij reproced [L exprobraverunt] my soule of idelshippe.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)38.14 : Þou reproceþ [?read: reprocedest; L corripuisti] man for wickednes.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)43.18 : Confusion of my face haþ couered me, Fram þe voice of þe reproceand [vr. man reprouyng; L exprobrantis] and þe oȝains spekand.
- a1400 Ancr.(Pep 2498)90/1 : God..wil reprocen hem whi þat hij speken of hym.
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)73.11 : Þyn enemy shal reproce [L improperabit] þe.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)78.13 : Ȝelde to our neȝburs seven double in her bosme her lackinge wich, Lord, hij repruced þe.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)98/35 : Þe Jewes..reprocheden hym of þat he hadde yseide.
c
- a1425 SLeg.Magd.(2) (Trin-C R.3.25)70 : Martha hire [Mary] ofte reprecede [read: reprocede] hire schame..& abrayde hire wel ofte of hire lecherie.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)293/6 : Have a temperance in your largesse..ne reproch [Abbrev.: reproche; Royal: repreue; F reprouchier] not the giftes that ye have given, for it is not conuenyent to folkes of gode estate.
d
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)32.10 : Our Lord wasteþ þe counseiles of men wyþ-outen lawe, and he reproceþ [L reprobat] he [read: þe] counceils of princes.
e
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)121/30 : Rychesses and graces of God haue no maner of proporcion withe caytif mysery of mankynde if that som blissid combynacion ne fynde a disposicion which reprocheth [F reprouche, rapprouche] man of the clemence divine, which iointur to make þou shall attribute the office to prayer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?1451) Poem Waynflete (Add 60577)13 : A fader of wysdam, as openly hathe ben prevede: We meene your predecessour, the verrey rote and rynde Of all oure weele and honour, whos blode neuer yitt myschevede, Ne thys reame in hys dayes reprooched ne reprevede.
Note: New sense