Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reprobate"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Reprobate
that which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer.
6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, "rejected"). This word is also
used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because
they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1
Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), a. [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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\, n.
One morally abandoned and lost.
I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
traitor to the king. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reprobate \Rep"ro*bate\ (-b?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reprobated}
(-b?`t?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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reprobate
adj : marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered
right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a
perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of
a gambling aristocrat" [syn: {depraved}, {immoral}, {perverse},
{perverted}]
n : a person without moral scruples [syn: {miscreant}]
v : reject as invalid, as of documents [ant: {approbate}]
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