5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprobate  \Rep"ro*bate\  (-b?t),  a.  [L.  reprobatus  p.  p.  of 
  reprobare  to  disapprove,  condemn.  See  {Reprieve},  {Reprove}.] 
  1.  Not  enduring  proof  or  trial;  not  of  standard  purity  or 
  fineness;  disallowed;  rejected.  [Obs.] 
 
  Reprobate  silver  shall  men  call  them  because  the 
  Lord  hath  rejected  them  --Jer.  vi  30. 
 
  2.  Abandoned  to  punishment;  hence  morally  abandoned  and 
  lost;  given  up  to  vice;  depraved. 
 
  And  strength,  and  art,  are  easily  outdone  By  spirits 
  reprobate.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  Of  or  pertaining  to  one  who  is  given  up  to  wickedness;  as 
  reprobate  conduct.  ``Reprobate  desire.''  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  Abandoned;  vitiated;  depraved;  corrupt;  wicked; 
  profligate;  base;  vile.  See  {Abandoned}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprobate  \Rep"ro*bate\,  n. 
  One  morally  abandoned  and  lost. 
 
  I  acknowledge  myself  for  a  reprobate,  a  villain,  a 
  traitor  to  the  king.  --Sir  W. 
  Raleigh. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reprobate  \Rep"ro*bate\  (-b?t),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Reprobated} 
  (-b?`t?d);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Reprobating}.] 
  1.  To  disapprove  with  detestation  or  marks  of  extreme 
  dislike;  to  condemn  as  unworthy;  to  disallow;  to  reject. 
 
  Such  an  answer  as  this  is  reprobated  and  disallowed 
  of  in  law;  I  do  not  believe  it  unless  the  deed 
  appears.  --Ayliffe. 
 
  Every  scheme,  every  person,  recommended  by  one  of 
  them  was  reprobated  by  the  other  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  To  abandon  to  punishment  without  hope  of  pardon. 
 
  Syn:  To  condemn;  reprehend;  censure;  disown;  abandon;  reject. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  reprobate 
  adj  :  marked  by  immorality;  deviating  from  what  is  considered 
  right  or  proper  or  good;  "depraved  criminals";  "a 
  perverted  sense  of  loyalty";  "the  reprobate  conduct  of 
  a  gambling  aristocrat"  [syn:  {depraved},  {immoral},  {perverse}, 
  {perverted}] 
  n  :  a  person  without  moral  scruples  [syn:  {miscreant}] 
  v  :  reject  as  invalid,  as  of  documents  [ant:  {approbate}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Reprobate 
  that  which  is  rejected  on  account  of  its  own  worthlessness  (Jer. 
  6:30;  Heb.  6:8;  Gr  adokimos  "rejected").  This  word  is  also 
  used  with  reference  to  persons  cast  away  or  rejected  because 
  they  have  failed  to  make  use  of  opportunities  offered  them  (1 
  Cor.  9:27;  2  Cor.  13:5-7). 
 

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