'Reprobated' definitions:

Definition of 'Reprobated'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
  • Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject. [1913 Webster]

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