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   Reprobate , a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]
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   Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
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   Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
   Jer. vi. 30.
   
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   Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
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   And strength, and art, are easily outdone
   By spirits reprobate.
   Milton.
   
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   Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. “Reprobate desire.” 
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.
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   Reprobate, n. One morally abandoned and lost.
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   I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a traitor to the king.
   Sir W. Raleigh.
   
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   Reprobate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprobated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprobating.]
   To disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy; to disallow; to reject.
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   Such an answer as this is reprobated and disallowed of in law; I do not believe it, unless the deed appears.
   Ayliffe.
   
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   Every scheme, every person, recommended by one of them, was reprobated by the other.
   Macaulay.
   
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   To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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   Syn. -- To condemn; reprehend; censure; disown; abandon; reject.
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