- reprobatory
- adjective see reprobate I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
reprobatory
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Reprobatory — Rep ro*ba to*ry ( b? t? r?), a. Reprobative. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reprobatory — ˈreprəbəˌtōrē adjective Etymology: reprobate (I) + ory : reprobative wagged a reprobatory head Marguerite Steen … Useful english dictionary
reprobatory — rep·ro·ba·to·ry … English syllables
reprobate — I. transitive verb ( bated; bating) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare more at reprove Date: 15th century 1. to condemn strongly as unworthy, unacceptable, or evil < reprobating the laxity of the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
remonstrative — I adjective admonitive, admonitory, argumentative, censorious, contentious, corrective, critical, dehortative, dehortatory, demurring, deprecative, deprecatory, discouraging, disputatious, dissuasive, enjoining, expostulatory, exprobrative,… … Law dictionary
reprobate — v.t. rebuke; disapprove of; reject; abandon; a. sinful; depraved; n. hardened sinner. ♦ reprobation, n. ♦ reprobative, ♦ reprobatory, a … Dictionary of difficult words
