reprovable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- reprovableness noun
- unreprovable adjective
Etymology
Origin of reprovable
1300–50; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to reprov ( er ) to reprove + -able -able
Example Sentences
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Great swearing is a thing abominable, And false swearing is more reprovable.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
My brethren, but above all things forbear, By heav'n or earth, or otherwise to swear; But let your yea be yea, your nay be nay, Lest ye become reprovable I say.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
Is not this a weighty reason? a reprovable custom, if painters did not gain by it.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 by Various
If the manner of contending be observed, our opposites will be found reprovable, not we.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Howsoever, it cannot be denied, that such actions may be and are of a civil quo ad individuum,1203 or in respect of the circumstances, which show forth in them reprovable temerity, incogitancy, levity, and indecency.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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