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Deprecate

//ˈdɛp.rɪˌkeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To express disapproval of, protest or plead against. transitive

    "They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people."

  2. 2
    belittle wordnet
  3. 3
    To belittle, depreciate. transitive

    "He deprecates any praise of his own merits."

  4. 4
    express strong disapproval of; deplore wordnet
  5. 5
    To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced. transitive

    "The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag."

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  1. 6
    To pray against. archaic, transitive

    "And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty."

  2. 7
    To regret deeply. archaic, transitive

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).

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