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reprobating

reprobating is the present participle and gerund 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 reprobating

Questions about reprobating

What is reprobating the present participle and gerund of?
Reprobating is the present participle and gerund of reprobate.

Words near reprobating in the dictionary

  1. reprobated
  2. reprobateness
  3. reprobater
  4. reprobaters
  5. reprobates
  6. reprobating
  7. reprobation
  8. reprobationary
  9. reprobationer
  10. reprobationers
  11. reprobations

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