reprobater

[Eng. reprobat (e), v.; -er.] One who reprobates. "The patriotic reprobater of French modes."- Noble : Continuation of Grainger , iii. 490. rep-rô-bā-tion, *rep-ro-ba-ci-on, subst . [Fr., from Lat. reprobationem , acc us, of reprobatio , from repro bat us = reprobate (q.v.); Sp. repro bac i on ; Ital. rep rob azione , reprovazione , riprovazione .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of reprobation, or of disapproving with marks of extreme dislike. 2. The state of being reprobated; condemnation, censure, rejection. "Set a brand of reprobation on clipt poetry and false coin."-Dryden. (Todd.) II. Technically: IMG:content-0476.png:[blocks in formation] rěp-rô-bā-tōr-y, a. [Eng. reprobat(e); -ory.] The same as REPROBATIVE (q. V.J. re-pro-dūçe', v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. produce, verb (q.v.).] 1. To produce again or anew; to renew the production of; to generate, as offspring. "How a person once annihilated could be reproduced ." -Bp. Horsley: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 34. 2. To yield again; to return. "The people who consume, reproducing with a profit the whole value of their annual consumption."-Smith: Wealth of Nations , bk. ii., ch. v. 3. To represent to the memory or imagination; to portray, to represent; as, to reproduce a scene on canvas, to reproduce a play on the stage.