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IMPROBATE

Definition: IMPROBATE

IMPROBATE

Transitive verb

1. To disapprove of; to disallow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Improbate \Im"pro*bate\, transitive verb. [Latin expression improbatus, past participle of improbare to disapprove; prefix im- not probare to approve.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: IMPROBATE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disapprobation

Verb: disapprove; dislike; lament; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil admirari, disvalue; improbate.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translations: IMPROBATE

Language Translations for "improbate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

improbateay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "IMPROBATE"

Words rhyming with "IMPROBATE" (pronounced 'Im"pro*bate'): Acutilobate, Barbate, Bilobate, Breedbate, Cohobate, Columbate, Comprobate, Dealbate, Delibate, Deturbate, Exacerbate, Hylobate, Hypnobate, incubate, Inequilobate, Inglobate, Jubate, Limbate, Makebate, Niobate, Orbate, Pinnatilobate, Rabate, Rabbate, Sebate, sorbate, Stereobate, Stylobate, Surbate, Terebate, Titubate, trilobate. (additional references)

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Anagrams: IMPROBATE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-m-o-p-r-t"

-2 letters: bromate, emporia, meropia, primate, probate.

-3 letters: armpit, baiter, barite, barmie, boater, borate, imaret, impart, import, mopier, opiate, optima, optime, permit, pirate, probit, protea, protei, rebait, rebato, tamper, terbia, timber, timbre, trompe.

-4 letters: abort, aimer, amber, ambit, amort, aport, apter, armet, atrip, biome, biota, biter, boart, boite, bream, brome, embar, irate, mater, mbira, merit, metro, miter, mitre, moira, moire, moper, morae, oater, omber, ombre, opera, orate, orbit, pareo, pater, patio, peart, pieta, prate, prima, prime, primo, probe, proem, ramet, ramie, ratio, rebop, remap, remit, repot, retia, taber, tabor, tamer, taper, tapir, tempi, tempo, terai, timer, toper, tramp, tribe, tripe, tromp, trope.

-5 letters: abet, abri, aero, airt, ambo, amie, amir, aper, atom, atop, bait, bare, barm, bate, beam, bear, beat, bema, berm, beta, bier, bima, bite, boar, boat, bora, bore, bort, bota, brae, brat, brie, brim, brio, brit, emir, emit, iamb, iota, item, mabe, mair, mare, mart, mate, meat, meta, mire, mite, moat, mope, mora, more, mort, mote, obia, obit, omer, omit, pair, pare, part, pate, pear, peat, peri, perm, pert, pier, pima, pita, poem, poet, pome, pore, port, pram, prao, prat, prim, proa, prom, rami, ramp, rape, rapt, rate, rato, ream, reap, repo, rime, riot, ripe, rite, roam, robe, romp, rope, rota, rote, roti, tame, tamp, tape, tare, taro, tarp, team, tear, temp, tepa, term, tier, time, tire, tiro, toea, tomb, tome, tope, topi, tora, tore, tori, tram, trap, trim, trio, trip, trop.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-m-o-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: importable.

 

+2 letters: problematic.

 

+3 letters: problematics.

 

+4 letters: perambulation, problematical, unproblematic.

 

+5 letters: computerizable, computerphobia, hypermetabolic, perambulations, performability, subatmospheric, superambitious.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMPROBATE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 50 52 4F 42 41 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .--.    .-.    ---    -...    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001111 01000010 01000001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#80 &#82 &#79 &#66 &#65 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0050 0052 004F 0042 0041 0054 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

434750524936355439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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