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reprobative, a.|ˈrɛprəbeɪtɪv| [f. reprobate v. + -ive.] Conveying or expressing disapproval or reprobation.
1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. iii. 109 Nor has ever a public reprover employed language more stern and reprobative. 1856C. J. Ellicott in Cambr. Ess. 155 Even a collector like Fabricius..felt himself obliged to disclaim any, save a reprobative interest in these poor gospels. 1872Contemp. Rev. XXI. 75 Infants and men are alike fit subjects of the elective or reprobative decree. Hence ˈreprobatively adv. rare—1.
1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 149 He displaces the centurion, of whom the private secretary spake reprobatively over-night. |