Vocabulary Word
Word: reprobate
Definition: morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?
Definition: morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?
Sentences Containing 'reprobate'
He came up to me, and after several questions, which I answered in great humility, he said, “we should not die.” I made the captain a very low bow, and then, turning to the Dutchman, said, “I was sorry to find more mercy in a heathen, than in a brother christian.” But I had soon reason to repent those foolish words: for that malicious reprobate, having often endeavoured in vain to persuade both the captains that I might be thrown into the sea (which they would not yield to, after the promise made me that I should not die), however, prevailed so far, as to have a punishment inflicted on me, worse, in all human appearance, than death itself.
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