† ˈexprobrate, v. Obs.
Also 6–9 exprobate.
[f. L. exprobrāt- ppl. stem of exprobrāre to make a matter of reproach, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + probrum shameful deed. The variant exprobate appears to arise from association with reprobate; cf. It. esprobare.]
† 1. To make (a thing) a subject of reproach; to ‘cast in one's teeth.’ Of a thing: To manifest to a person's shame. Const. to, unto, or dat. Obs.
| 1543 Grafton Contn. Harding 438 He myght..exprobrate vnto hym the pleasures y{supt} he had done for hym. 1580 Sidney Arcadia iii. (1590) 248 His service..did exprobate..unto her, her unworthy estate. 1583 Fulke Defence xvii. 510 You exprobrate to us our knowledge in the tongues. 1604 Parsons 3rd Pt. Three Convers. Eng. 136 Exprobratinge vnto them that they did honour the Crosse. a 1643 W. Cartwright Siege ii. vi, He Shall..avoid Thy sight, as somthing that doth exprobrate His sins unto him. a 1670 Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 149 Hermolaus..exprobrates him that he was violently made away. |
b. with the personal object unexpressed.
| 1582 N. T. (Rhem.) Mark xvi. 14 He exprobrated their incredulity and hardness of hart. c 1610 Women Saints (1886) 149 Which he reputing and exprobating to be impotencie of spirite. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. §3. 173 To exprobrate their Stupiditie, he induceth the providence of Storkes. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low-C. Warres 738 There were some that stuck not to exprobrate the divulsions of Ireland. |
¶ c. = reprobate. nonce-use.
| 1867 Musgrave Nooks & Corners I. 333 One can hardly sufficiently exprobate the..officiousness of Carreaux. |
2. To reproach (a person). Const. with.
| 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 102 The Venetians..have not spared to exprobrate us with the nick-name of Cursore Englese. 1638 Penit. Conf. vii. (1657) 159 Many a railing Doeg began to exprobrate and deride the Penitents. |
Hence † ˈexprobrating ppl. a., that reproaches, reproachful.
| 1673 Lady's Call. i. §3. 22 Least hereafter they fall under the same exprobrating remembrance with the rich man in the Gospel. 1675 Art Contentm. iii. §18. 191 That exprobrating complaint we find in the Prophet. |