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reprobated

reprobated is the simple past and past participle of reprobate.

Meaning of reprobate

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 reprove; to condemn.
    • Lord Rotheles allowed it was a very sufficient cause for returning soon, and reprobated all delays of letters, though he confessed to being a very idle correspondent;...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 274
  2. Of God: to abandon or reject, to deny eternal bliss.
  3. To refuse, set aside.

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Phrases with reprobated

Questions about reprobated

What is reprobated the simple past and past participle of?
Reprobated is the simple past and past participle of reprobate.

Words near reprobated in the dictionary

  1. reproachments
  2. reproacht
  3. reprobacy
  4. reprobance
  5. reprobate
  6. reprobated
  7. reprobateness
  8. reprobater
  9. reprobaters
  10. reprobates
  11. reprobating

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