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Webster 1913 Edition
Reprobate
Rep′ro-bate
(-b?t)
, Adj.
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
By spirits
reprobate
. Milton.
3.
Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness;
“Reprobate desire.” as,
. reprobate
conductShak.
Syn. – Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See
Abandoned
. Rep′ro-bate
,Noun.
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)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reprobated
(-b?ˊt?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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reprobate
REPROBATE
,Adj.
1.
Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.
2.
Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.
3.
Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.