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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
