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reprobating

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  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.




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