2. Verb. (third-person singular of reproach) ¹
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Definition of Reproaches
1. reproach [v] - See also: reproach
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reproaches
Literary usage of Reproaches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... John Moore'a retreat compared with Loid Wellington's. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
These severe reproaches were generally deserved, and only partially unjust ..."
2. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1839)
"These severe reproaches were generally deserved, and only partially unjust; yet
the statements, on which they were founded, were in some particulars ..."
3. Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1866)
"For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of
them that reproached thee fell on me. — For whatsoever things were written ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"them might deserve the reproaches of avarice and intemperance—of avarice, which
they gratified with holy plunder : and of intemperance, which they indulged ..."
5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"His reproaches for a while passed unnoticed, and the House had almost finished
the draft of the reply when a motion to condemn the societies was brought in. ..."
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