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derogated
Word definitions for derogated in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Derogate \Der"o*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derogated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Derogating .] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law. See Rogation .] To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: derogate )
Usage examples of derogated.
She never derogated from her husband's honour by the fictitious liveliness of gossip, or allowed any one to forget the peeress in the woman.
He felt it to be a thing unworthy of him, a thing that derogated from his self-respect.
There was not an organ of his body that had not been drugged and derogated, dusted and dredged, fingered and photographed, removed, plundered and replaced.
And already she had derogated from the increase of dignity accruing to her from his very intention to translate her to so great an eminence.