Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Reprive (2)

Re‐prive″, v. t. To reprieve. Howell.

2783

Reprize

Re‐prize″ (–pr?z″), v. t. See Reprise. Spenser.

2784

Reprizes

Re‐priz″es (–pr?z″?z), n. pl.(Law) See Reprise, n., 2.

2785

Reproach

Re‐proach″ (r?–pr?ch″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Reproached (–pr?cht″); p. pr. & vb. n.Reproaching.] [F. reprocher, OF. reprochier, (assumed) LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, again...

2786

Reproach (2)

Re‐proach″, n. [F. reproche. See Reproach, v.]1. The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflectio...

2787

Reproachablr

Re‐proach″a‐blr (–?–b'l), a. [Cf. F. reprochable.]1. Deserving reproach; censurable.2. Opprobrius; scurrilous. Sir T. Elyot.— Re‐proach″a‐ble‐ness, n. — Re‐proach″a‐bly, adv.

2788

Reproacher

Re‐proach″er (–?r), n. One who reproaches.

2789

Reproachful

Re‐proach″ful (–f?l), a. 1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.The reproachful speeches...That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak.2. Occ...

2790

Reproachless

Re‐proach″less, a. Being without reproach.

2791

Reprobacy

Rep″ro‐ba‐cy (r?p″r?–b?–c?), n. Reprobation.

2792

Reprobance

Rep″ro‐bance (–bans), n. Reprobation. Shak.

2793

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; disa...

2794

Reprobate (2)

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.

2795

Reprobate (3)

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; ...

2796

Reprobateness

Rep″ro‐bate‐ness, n. The state of being reprobate.

2797

Reprobater

Rep″ro‐ba′ter (–b?′t?r), n. One who reprobates.

2798

Reprobation

Rep′ro‐ba″tion (–b?′sh?n), n. [F. réprobation, or L. reprobatio.] 1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.The profligate pretense...

2799

Reprobationer

Rep′ro‐ba″tion‐er (–?r), n.(Theol.) One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2. South.

2800

Reprobative

Rep″ro‐ba‐tive (–b?–t?v), a. Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.

2801

Reprobatory

Rep″ro‐ba′to‐ry (–b?′t?–r?), a. Reprobative.

2802

Reproduce

Re′pro‐duce″ (r?′pr?–d?s″), v. t. To produce again. Especially: (a) To bring forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a play. (b) To cause t...

2803

Reproducer

Re′pro‐du″cer (–d?″s?r), n. One who, or that which, reproduces. Burke.

2804

Reproducer (2)

Re′pro‐duc″er (?), n. 1. In a phonograph, a device containing a sounding diaphragm and the needle or stylus that traverses the moving record, for reproducing the sound.2. In a m...

2805

Reproduction

Re′pro‐duc″tion (–d?k″sh?n), n. [Cf. F. reproduction.] 1. The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced; specifically (Biol.), the process by which plants and...

2806

Reproductive

Re′pro‐duc″tive (–t?v), a. [Cf. F. reproductif.] Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.

2807

Reproductory

Re′pro‐duc″to‐ry (–t?–r?), a. Reproductive.

2808

Reproof

Re‐proof″ (r?–pr??f″), n. [OE. reproef. See Proof, Reprove.] 1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction.2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the f...