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exprobration arch.|ɛksprəʊˈbreɪʃən|
Also 6 exprobracion, -cyon, 6–8 exprobation.
[ad. L. exprobrātiōn-em, n. of action f. exprobrāre: see exprobrate.]
†1. The action of ‘exprobrating’, upbraiding, or speaking reproachfully; an instance of this. Obs.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 17 Remembrynge..to the exprobracyon and reproue of god, the potage potte..in Egypte. 1577Fenton Gold. Epist. 337 To exacte recompence, is a manifest exprobation of benefits receiued. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. 203 His [St. Paul's] commemoration is an exprobration to the Corinthians of their neglect of him. 1705J. Philips Blenheim 121 Exprobrations false Of cowardice. a1843Southey Doctor (1849) 380 Uttering the words exultantly, not in exprobration.
b. Rhet. (See quot.)
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Exprobration..in rhetoric, is the reproaching a person with ingratitude, and unmindfulness of some particular benefit conferred upon him.
c. That which acts as a reproach, or serves the purpose of reproaching.
1680Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 150 This sun-set..is to me an exprobration. 1682Norris Hierocles 66 If any throw him something by way of alms, that aggravates his discontent as an exprobation of his poverty.
2. A reproachful or upbraiding utterance; reproachful language.
1549Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 167 He hath stirred vp the people to persecute it wyth exprobacions and slaunderous wordes. a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. 320 The ears of the accused [are] not always subject to glowing with contumely and exprobration. 1692South Serm. (1697) I. 127 A denial with scorn, with taunting exprobrations. 1877R. W. Dixon Hist. Ch. Eng. I. ii. 143 This weak exprobration [protest against the Anti-Papal statutes] itself was the last instrument of an English primate [Warham] who died legate of the Apostolic See. |