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Webster 1913 Edition

Reprobate

Rep′ro-bate

(-b?t)
,
Adj.
[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

,
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.
[L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]
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.

Definition 2024

reprobate

reprobate

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹəbət/

Adjective

reprobate ‎(comparative more reprobate, superlative most reprobate)

  1. (rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.
    • Bible, Jer. vi. 30
      Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
  2. Rejected by God; damned, sinful.
  3. Immoral, having no religious or principled character.
    The reprobate criminal sneered at me.
    • Milton
      And strength, and art, are easily outdone / By spirits reprobate.
Translations

Noun

reprobate ‎(plural reprobates)

  1. One rejected by God; a sinful person.
  2. An individual with low morals or principles.
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
      I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.
    • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1
      "Good morning, Mrs. Denny," he said. "Wherefore this worried look on your face? Has that reprobate James been misbehaving himself?"
Translations
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin reprobare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpɹəbeɪt/

Verb

reprobate ‎(third-person singular simple present reprobates, present participle reprobating, simple past and past participle reprobated)

  1. To have strong disapproval of something; to condemn.
  2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  3. To refuse, set aside.
Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /re.proˈbaː.te/

Verb

reprobāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of reprobō

Etymology

From Latin reprobatus ‎(“disapproved, rejected, condemned”), past participle of reprobare.

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