The Collaborative International Dictionary
deprecate \dep"re*cate\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprecated (-k[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Deprecating (-k[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. deprecatus, p. p. of deprecari to avert by prayer, to deprecate; de- + precari to pray. See Pray.] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire the removal of. [archaic]
2. To protest against; to advance reasons against.
His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he
was with difficulty induced to adandon it.
--Sir W.
Scott.
3. To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of.
Wiktionary
1 Strongly disapproved of. 2 belittled; insulted 3 (context computing English) obsolescent; said of a construct in a computing language considered old, and planned to be phase out, but still available for use. v
(en-past of: deprecate)
Usage examples of "deprecated".
Rivenhall’s notion of making himself agreeable in company was to treat with cold civility anyone for whom he felt no particular liking, and his graces, far from winning, included a trick of staring out of countenance those who pretensions he deprecated, and of uttering blighting comments which put an abrupt end to social intercourse, he stood in far greater danger (Mr.
But the Christians, when they deprecated the wrath of Diocletian, or solicited the favor of Constantine, could allege, with truth and confidence, that they held the principle of passive obedience, and that, in the space of three centuries, their conduct had always been conformable to their principles.
At this tremendous sentence, the troops fell prostrate on the ground, deprecated the indignation of their sovereign, and protested, that, if he would indulge them in another trial, they would approve themselves not unworthy of the name of Romans, and of his soldiers.
But in the morning, a suppliant procession, with crosses and images, announced the submission of the Greeks, and deprecated the wrath of the conquerors: the usurper escaped through the golden gate: the palaces of Blachernae and Boucoleon were occupied by the count of Flanders and the marquis of Montferrat.
Palaeologus felt his danger, confessed his guilt, and deprecated his judge: the act was irretrievable.
At each vacancy, these physicians of the church deprecated the mischiefs of a hasty choice.
If there is one measure better calculated than another to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true republicans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency.
A calamity so awful, not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot and every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it immediately checked.
Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
But there is another reason why a war between the two countries is so much to be deprecated, which is, that is must ever be a cruel and an irritating war.
But in the morning, a suppliant procession, with crosses and images, announced the submission of the Greeks, and deprecated the wrath of the conquerors: the usurper escaped through the golden gate: the palaces of Blachernae and Boucoleon were occupied by the count of Flanders and the marquis of Montferrat.
Palaeologus felt his danger, confessed his guilt, and deprecated his judge: the act was irretrievable.
At each vacancy, these physicians of the church deprecated the mischiefs of a hasty choice.
She deprecated their compliments with many shrugs, but she was pleased.
Her father enjoyed both her drollery and his own and tried again to get possession of her--an effort deprecated by their comrade and leading again to something of a public scuffle.