Deprecate
['deprɪkeɪt] or ['dɛprəket]
Definition
(verb.) belittle; 'The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts'.
(verb.) express strong disapproval of; deplore.
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Definition
(v. t.) To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.
Checker: Sumner
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Pray to be delivered from, seek deliverance from, try to avert by prayer, make entreaty against.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disavow, disclaim, expostulate, intercede
ANT:Beg, supplicate, ask, entreat, request, imprecate, invoke
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Definition
v.t. to try to ward off by prayer: to desire earnestly the prevention or removal of: to regret deeply: to argue against.—adj. Dep′recable that is to be deprecated.—n. Deprecā′tion act of deprecating earnest prayer esp. a special petition against some evil in litanies.—adv. Dep′recatingly.—adjs. Dep′recative Dep′recatory tending to avert evil by prayer: having the form of prayer.—n. Dep′recator.
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Examples
- This manual action seemed to deprecate words, to enjoin silence. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues, and to deprecate the vices of mankind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Master Cruncher (who was in his shirt) took this very ill, and, turning to his mother, strongly deprecated any praying away of his personal board. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He deprecated her mistaken but well-meaning zeal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He lifted his eyes, when he saw his master, with a half-deprecating, apologetic air. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- With a deprecating smile, the host gently raised and gently lowered his shoulders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But Mr Crich, pale and black-bearded and deprecating, came behind her, saying: 'Yes, I don't like you coming as late as this. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She laid a deprecating hand on her friend's. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I put up some of my books; I should not want them all; I sat and thought; and waitedinvoluntarily deprecating the creeping invasion of twilight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, no, Adolph, he said, one day, as Adolph was deprecating the passing of power out of his hands; let Tom alone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Lily rose from her seat with a deprecating laugh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typist: Marvin